There are many misconceptions around bone marrow donation such as it being excruciatingly painful and causing infertility. These myths make individuals not want to go through with this process, another factor being that one must invest time to do it. There being a low number of donors makes, especially among Singaporean Indians and Malays, the chance of finding a compatible bone marrow donor very low. Raising awareness of this issue and encouraging the public to participate in donations is hence crucial.

We speak to  Charles Loh, CEO, Bone Marrow Donor Programme more about this.

There are many misconceptions around bone marrow donation such as it being excruciatingly painful and causing infertility. These myths make individuals not want to go through with this process, another factor being that one must invest time to do it. There being a low number of donors makes, especially among Singaporean Indians and Malays, the chance of finding a compatible bone marrow donor very low. Raising awareness of this issue and encouraging the public to participate in donations is hence crucial.
We speak to  Charles Loh, CEO, Bone Marrow Donor Programme more about this.

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