DATRI Blood Stem Cell Donors Registry (DATRI), an NGO with country wide operations celebrated successfully completion of 50 unrelated blood stem cell donations in India. The 50th donation was conducted at ‘Narayana Multi Speciality Hospital and Mazumdar Shaw Cancer Center’. Reportedly, in the last two years alone, DATRI has received 1485 search requests and has facilitated 50 donations.
“Our focus is to create more awareness for people to come forward and register so that more matches are found for patients anywhere in the world looking for genetically typed unrelated donors and be able to help them go through the transplant. 50 of the 1485 patients, who approached our registry for a matched unrelated donor, have found a match, and the rest are still looking for a match. We need more committed donors to register just to help find a match for the patients currently waiting for a donation. While the magnitude of the task is challenging, we at Datri are gratified that we have made significant progress in this short period and are passionate about meeting the goal of saving lives through our facilitation. We are conducting roadshows around the country in a bid to spread awareness about the procedure and motivate people to join this life-saving campaign,” said Raghu Rajagopal, CEO of DATRI.
Dr Sharat Damodar, Senior Consultant Haematologist and Head, Bone Marrow Transplant Unit Narayana Multi Speciality Hospital and Mazumdar Shaw Cancer Center said, “Blood stem cells transplant is a potential life saviour for those suffering from different types of blood cancers and genetic disorders like thalassemia. However, without a genetically typed and matched donor, we cannot use this option. Datri is filling this gap by enlisting willing donors and facilitating donations. The process of donation is simple and safe, and we need more people to come forward and register as potential donors so that we can save more lives.”
EH News Bureau
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