RIYADH - King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center in Riyadh was able to perform 42 autologous stem cell transplant cases in just one year, following the establishment of the autologous stem cell transplant program in outpatient clinics without the need to put patients on hospitalization, as the transplant is performed within two hours, after which the patient leaves the hospital.

Dr. Saud Al-Haili, a consultant hematology and bone marrow transplantation at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center in Riyadh, stated that the program represents a qualitative addition to the stem cell transplant programs that have characterized the hospital during the past decades and aims to improve the quality of life and service of patients, which enables the patient to return to his normal life. Within a few hours without the need to be admitted to the hospital, which required the patient to be sedated for about 25 days, interspersed with medical procedures such as laboratory and diagnostic tests, and then the transplantation.

Dr. Al-Haili confirmed that this qualitative leap in the conduct of autologous cell transplantation in the outpatient clinics saved the hospital about 160 inpatient beds, which were used to accommodate other patients in dire need of medical care, which enhanced the hospital's capacity.

He explained that this program serves patients with multiple myeloma and lymphoma, stressing that all patients who underwent autologous stem cell transplantation during the past period are in good health, while they are followed up by reviewing the outpatient clinics periodically, in addition to providing a dedicated number. To communicate with the doctor around the clock as part of the improvement of the service.

It is noteworthy that King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center is a leading medical center in the region and the world in performing bone marrow and stem cell transplants in all types of transplants for adults and children and has a long-standing program since 1984 AD until it became, during the past two decades, among the top 5% of the international medical centers that conduct the highest Annual stem cell transplant rates according to the International Center for Blood Research and Bone Marrow Transplantation in the state of Minnesota, USA.

King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center performs all available and internationally approved types of transplants, namely autologous transplantation, transplantation from a close donor that is identical to the patient’s tissues, transplantation from a non-related donor that is identical to the patient’s tissue, using the records of local or international stem cell donors, and transplantation from a close donor half Identical, culturing with stem cells extracted from umbilical cord blood.

The hospital has been a JACIE accredited medical center for stem cell transplantation programs in Barcelona, ​​Spain, since 2010, and was the first medical center to be accredited outside North America and Europe.

Stem cell transplantation is the best treatment and in many cases the only curative treatment for some incurable and hopeless diseases such as leukemia, lymphoma, bone marrow failure, severe combined immunodeficiency, sickle cell anemia, and basal anaemia. Mesothelioma (thalassemia) and multiple myeloma.