First woman gets stem cell transplant in Bangladesh

A 45-year-old mother has become the first woman in Bangladesh to have stem cell transfer at the first-ever bone marrow transplant centre at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, reports bdnews24.com.

Prof MA Khan, in-charge of the centre who led the transplant team, said that Farida Yeasmin was suffering from a kind of blood cancer called plasma cell leukaemia.

"The procedure has been successful," he said, adding that the patient would have to stay at the hospital for another two to three weeks.

This is the fifth such case handled by the centre since its inauguration in March this year.