First in the World, 5-Year-Old Covid-19 Patient Stem Cell Transplant Success Rescues Little Thalassemia Girl

GridHEALTH.id – First in the World, 5-Year-Old Covid-19 Patient Stem Cell Transplant Success Rescues Little Thalassemia Girl

Amid the outbreak of the corona virus outbreak, Thailand announced the world’s first successful stem cell transplant case involving patients infected with Covid-19.

In fact, the stem cell transplant case was carried out by a young patient aged 5 years with Covid-19 who donated his bone marrow to save his sick sister.

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The announcement of the success was made by Prof. Dr. Suradet Hongeng, an expert in stem cell transplantation in the pediatric department of the medical faculty of Ramathibodi Hospital, to reporters on Tuesday, as reported by the Bangkok Post, Tuesday (6/23/2020).

Dr Suradet said the procedure was performed in April, in which a five-year-old boy, Please “Jio” Boonklomjit, donated bone marrow stem cells to rescue his seven-year-old sister, Jintanakan, also known as “Jean.” “, which is born with thalassemia.

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“This case is very challenging and complicated. Right on the day we had to collect stem cells from Jio, we found he was infected with Covid-19. That made Jio another patient.

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