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Old Sun Dec 16, 2018, 05:26 PM
Bigthrowdown Bigthrowdown is offline
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It seems the protocol for Bone Marrow Transplant care is that you have to live within 30 minutes of the transplant hospital for a time period after the transplant.

Why is this?

The explanations I heard were that you would need specialized treatment for any infection or emergency. I have family that lives about 45 minutes from a hospital that I may seek treatment at, and the transplant team doctors basically said that distance would be too far.

Are infections so fast acting that an extra 20 minutes could be life threatening? Do they want you near their hospital so that if you are in medical need and unable to communicate the default hospital he paramedics will take you to is the transplant hospital?

It was a question that I forgot to ask and will ask next time I meet with a doctor.
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