Bone marrow patient dies

SEMARANG: The first patient to receive a bone marrow transplant in Indonesia died last Tuesday of heart complications after surgery.

Lorensia Putri, 3 and a half years old, was treated at the Telogorejo Hospital in Semarang for the past month following the surgery, the Antara news agency reported.

The girl, who also suffered from thalassemia, suddenly developed heart complications before she died, A.G. Sumantri, who headed the surgery team, said. "We've done all we could to treat and save Lorensia," he said. (emb)