HYDERABAD: A 24-year-old cancer patient who had contracted Covid-19 during chemotherapy defeated both Covid-19 and cancer with the help of city doctors.
Doctors successfully performed a BMT (bone marrow transplant) on Rajkumar Kocharla with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. “While having chemotherapy, Rajkumar contracted Covid-19. Usually, cancer patients’ immunity levels are very low. Many thought that this patient may not survive from Covid-19 severity. But, he was treated on a ventilator for a long time and survived.
He also surprised doctors by surviving in harsh conditions,” said Dr Narendar Kumar Thota, medical oncologist, haematologist, and stem cell/bone marrow transplant specialist, KIMS hospital, Secunderabad, adding that Rajkumar, of Mancheriyal district, came to KIMS hospital in June 2020 with cancer symptoms and was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia.
Doctors said that after recovering from Covid-19, Rajkumar underwent chemotherapy for cancer and gradually got ready for the BMT procedure for leukaemia.
