Accredited transplant wards
JCI- and NABH-accredited units with HEPA filtration, positive-pressure single-occupancy rooms and continuous intensivist cover — not general oncology floors.
Why choose India
A mature transplant system, without a waiting list
Several thousand stem cell transplants are performed in India each year across a network of dedicated units. International patients are not queued behind domestic demand, and the protocols are the same international ones used everywhere else.
The case for India
Nine reasons patients travel here for a transplant
High procedure volume
Complex adult and paediatric cases are routine rather than exceptional. Volume is the single best predictor of a transplant team's competence.
Among the largest haplo programmes
Half-matched family donors are used at scale here, which is why very few patients are turned away for want of a matched donor.
Deep thalassaemia experience
India carries one of the world's largest thalassaemia populations, and its units have correspondingly deep experience of curing it by transplant.
Cost, without a protocol compromise
A fraction of US, UK or Singapore pricing — driven by lower system-wide operating costs and domestically produced generics, not by cutting clinical corners.
Built for medical travel
International patient departments handle visa invitation letters, airport transfers, interpreters and long-stay accommodation for attendants.
No waiting list
Work-up usually begins within days of your reports being reviewed. Many patients are admitted within three to four weeks of first contact.
Language support
Interpreters for Arabic, French, Russian, Swahili, Bengali and other languages are arranged before arrival where needed.
Follow-up after you fly home
Local blood counts are shared back to the Indian team by teleconsultation, with a full revaccination schedule from six to twelve months post-transplant.
Be realistic
What travelling for treatment actually asks of you
Around three months in the country, of which roughly three weeks are spent as an inpatient. At least one full-time attendant across the whole stay — two is better, as the isolation period is exhausting for a single carer.
Accommodation near the hospital for the outpatient phase, and the discipline to follow strict infection precautions for months after discharge. Medication continues long after you fly home, so availability in your own country needs confirming before departure.
Before you commit
Questions worth asking any unit
- How many transplants of my type does this unit perform each year?
- Is the ward dedicated, HEPA-filtered and positive-pressure?
- Is a resident physician on the transplant floor overnight?
- What is the per-day charge once the package duration is exceeded?
- What is the daily intensive care rate?
- Which consultant will take primary responsibility, and can I speak to them first?
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