Bhubaneswar, May 23: Blood cancer is no longer an incurable disease but can be treated successfully, Prof. (Dr.) Manas Ranjan Sahoo, Vice-Chancellor of the Odisha University of Health Sciences, said on Saturday.The dreaded disease can be defeated and the patient can lead a normal life, Prof. (Dr.) Sahoo said while speaking at a program organised ahead of the World Blood Cancer Day at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here.The program was organised by the hospital’s Departments of Clinical Hematology, Hemato Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation.Prof. (Dr.) Sahoo expressed happiness at the standard of treatment provided to blood cancer patients by the departments which had successfully conducted 100 cases of bone marrow transplantation so far.Prof. Pradipta Kumar Nanda, Vice-Chancellor of SOA Deemed to be University which runs IMS and SUM Hospital, also congratulated the departments for reaching the milestone while wishing the patients who had been cured a long life.The program was also attended by Prof. (Dr.) Ashok Kumar Mahapatra, Principal Advisor (Health Sciences) of SOA who praised the efforts of the hospital in tackling blood cancer cases.Prof. (Dr.) Arakhita Swain, Dean of IMS and SUM Hospital Campus-2, and Prof. (Dr.) Rajesh Kumar Lenka, Medical Superintendent, also attended the event.Prof. (Dr.) Lenka said that early detection and treatment of blood cancer cases could yield better result. India had the third highest burden of blood cancer cases in the world with one lakh new cases reported every year while 70-80,000 deaths were occurring annually.The program was also addressed by Prof. (Dr.) Pusparaj Samantasinghar who said the hospital had conducted Odisha’s first Haploidentical Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant. So far, the hospital had undertaken 14 allogeneic stem cell transplants, he said.Prof. (Dr.) Priyanka Samal, Head of the Department of Clinical Hematology, conducted the program.
May 23, 2026
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