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Both the BMTs were autologous (stem cells removed from patients are infused back into the patient’s blood stream). Nagpur: HCG-NCHRI Cancer Centre has conducted two bone marrow transplants (BMT) in last one month. Both BMT patients, a 63-year-old woman and a 15-year-old boy suffering from different types of blood cancers, are doing well. The allogeneic transplant costs near double and the cost may range from Rs 10-20 lakh. This is for the first time that this hospital has attempted BMT.Dr Ajay Mehta, chief of onco-surgery and director of the hospital, said it has maximum number of beds for BMT in a hospital in the city and region..