Nine-year-old Durban boy receives lifesaving bone marrow transplant

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Nine-year-old Durban boy receives lifesaving bone marrow transplant
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A nine-year-old Durban boy has undergone a bone marrow transplant at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital in Cape Town - a procedure thanks to a donor that has saved his life.

Durban - His dreams, however, nearly came to a crashing halt in January 2020 when he was diagnosed with idiopathic aplastic anaemia.

“Then we got the news. There was something wrong with his blood and Sandiso needed a bone marrow transplant. We were shocked.” “This is little known or understood but despite the absence of drama it’s just as high-stakes as a solid organ transplant,” says Prof Davidson.

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