EHG (Eastern Haematology Group) organized the ‘Eastern India Blood, Marrow & Cellular Therapy Meet 2023’ (EIBMCT Meet 2023) on Bone Marrow Transplants in Kolkata. It was a first-of-its-kind Conference organized by Eastern Haematology Group in Eastern and North-Eastern India. EHG is an organization that consists of Haematologists and Haemato-Oncologists from 12 states of Eastern and North-Eastern India.

More than 150 doctors including Haematologists & Haemato-Oncologists, Medical Oncologists, BMT Physicians, Nursing Staff, Transfusion Medicine Specialists, Scientists, and other supporting staff associated with BMT participated in the conference. They shared their knowledge, experience, and expertise to consolidate BMT practice and discussed futuristic planning on BMT in Eastern and North-Eastern India.

The inaugural program was attended by Prof. (Dr.) Debasis Bhattacharyya (Director of Medical Education, Govt. of West Bengal), Prof. (Dr.) Pit Baran Chakraborty (Principal, NRS Medical College, Kolkata), Prof.(Dr.) Rajib De (Organising Secretary, EIBMCT 2023), Dr. Sharmila Chandra (President, EHG), Prof. (Dr.) Rabindra Kumar Jena (Secretary, EHG), and Prof. (Dr.) Tuphan Kanti Dolai (Secretary, ISHBT).

The 13 BMT centers from West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Assam, and Chhattisgarh which participated in the conference were 1) NRS Medical College; 2) IHTM-Medical College Kolkata; 3) Tata Medical Centre; 4) Apollo Multispeciality Hospital; 5) Narayana Superspeciality Hospital; 6) Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre & Research Institute; 7) HCG EKO Cancer Center; 8) SCB Medical College, Cuttak; 9) IMS & SUM Hospital, Bhubaneswar; 10) Paras HMRI Hospital, Patna; 11) Gauhati Medical College & Hospital, Guwahati; 12) B Baruah Cancer Institute, Guwahati 13) Balco Medical Center, Raipur.

EIBMCT Meet 2023 on The Bone Marrow Transplant will lay the groundwork for a breakthrough in BMT procedures. In addition to hosting a scientific discussion on various BMT topics, the EIBMCT Meet 2023 brought together all the centers in Eastern India. These centers shared their institutional expertise and a detailed future plan for joint initiatives to advance BMT practice in this part of India.

Priyanka Dutta