A team of students of Theni Government Medical College in Andipatti has taken a new initiative to protect people and help save lives of those who suffer from leukemia and thalassaemia.
They have floated a non-profit organisation, ‘Datri,’ to promote blood stem cell Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) typing of donation and create a database of blood stem cell donors across the globe.
To begin with, 58 students have registered themselves with the organisation for blood stem cell donation and transplant initiatives.
More than 40 adults were diagnosed with fatal blood disorders in the country every day and one out of every 10,000 was born with thalassaemia every year, they said.
Datri had been creating a diverse database of donors across the world that could be accessed by any patient in need of blood stem cell transplant, said College Dean R.M. Rajamuthaiah.
“More than 40 adults diagnosed with fatal blood disorders in the country
every day”
