Archive · 5 Jun 2025
Bone Banks Aid Trauma Patients in Pune: A Medical Boon
Imagine a bank, but instead of money, it stores bones!
This bone bank helps people who have broken bones.
A man in Pune broke his leg in an accident.
He couldn't walk well even after an operation.
Luckily, doctors used a bone from the bank to help him.
The bone bank gets bones from people who are having other surgeries.
Doctors check these bones to make sure they are healthy.
The bones are then stored in a special freezer until someone needs them.
It is like a blood bank, but for bones!
The man can now walk and ride his bike again.
The bone bank has helped many people and is a big help for trauma patients.
A 30-year-old man regained mobility after a bone transplant for a femur fracture.
Sancheti Hospital in Pune operates the only active bone bank in the city.
The bone bank acquires bones from donors undergoing hip or knee surgeries.
Bones are screened, harvested, and stored for about six months before use.
The bone bank is registered under the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissue Act 1994.
- Who
- Trauma patients, donors undergoing hip/knee surgeries, and medical professionals.
- What
- A bone bank offering bone grafts for patients with bone injuries, using bones from donors.
- When
- The bone bank has been active recently and the patient's surgery was conducted after 2023
- Where
- Pune, at Sancheti Hospital
- Why
- To aid trauma patients and those with bone defects, helping them regain mobility and improve their quality of life.
- Patient Age
- 30 years old
- Accident Year
- 2023
- Bone Bank Location
- Sancheti Hospital, Pune
- Bone Bank Registration Date
- July 10, 2024
- Transplants Completed
- Over 100
- Bone Storage Temperature
- -86 degrees