Stem cell registry DATRI has come on- board to collaborate with Aster CMI
Aster CMI Hospital has launched a donor registration campaign by inviting people to register as stem cell donors. In addition to all, Aster employees getting registered as stem cell donors on that day, it will be an open to all event in order to provide general public an opportunity to register themselves as stem cell donors and relieve India of its whopping burden of blood cancer and blood related disorder. DATRI, India’s biggest stem cell registry has come on- board and will collaborate with Aster CMI in the donor registration drive.
The stem cell donation drive by Aster CMI is expected to bust several myths related to stem cell donation, preventing adequate number of donors from getting registered. Also, it will spread awareness among most Indians who do not have the knowledge that a one-time stem cell donation can give a new lease of life to a dying patient and is safe and causes negligible pain and discomfort.
Commenting on this initiative, Dr Vijay Agarwal, Lead & Sr Consultant Medical Oncology & Hematology, Aster CMI Hospital said, “There is a need to increase awareness and encourage more people in India to register as blood stem cell donors. There is lack of awareness on the ground, and also misinformation to some extent. It takes just a couple of minutes to register as a potential donor. The only thing that is required is a simple swab of the inside of your cheeks to determine your HLA characteristics. Given this easy way of registering, I would request more people to come forward and join the registry.”
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