The Gift of Life: Inspiring Stem Cell Donor Stories
One match. One decision. One life saved.
Every transplant begins with hope—and with a donor willing to give it. In these real-life stories, you’ll discover the courage and compassion behind stem cell donation. From first match to final follow-up, these journeys celebrate resilience, generosity, and the incredible power of human connection.
A Status of Thalassemia in India: A Wake Up Call for Action
3-year-old Tanush Poddar has been diagnosed with Thalassemia Major, a blood disorder that requires him to undergo frequent blood transfusion every 15 days which often leaves him drained of energy. Despite his love for school and hot wheels Tanush’s condition has...
Beating Thalassemia- My Life-Saving Donation
At the age of 18, while I was still in school, I made a decision that has been the best one of my life so far-and also a life-saving one. I was in the 12th standard at The Cambrian School in Ayodhya when a camp was organized by DATRI-India’s largest Blood Stem Cell...
Proud to be a Woman Lifesaver!
This International Women’s Day I feel blessed honoured to be a woman for I am not only a Life Giver but a Lifesaver too! God has given women the gift to bring a new life into the world but I am privileged to have got the double gift of not only bringing a life into...
“I have miles to go before I sleep” – Jhanvi Ghode
I am Jhanvi Ghode from Kolhapur, Maharashtra. I am 14 years old and till a year back I would just tell people that I just want to survive. When I was three months old I was diagnosed with Thalassemia Major. We hail from a very humble background and for my...
The Best Cake Ever World Marrow Donor Day Celebration 2022
I was just about a week-old at DATRI. As a newbie I was trying to understand my work and how to go about. This was when in the office one day, the Marketing and Communication team along with the HR called all the staff and announced that we were going to do an...
Ray of Hope
1.8 years ago my brother was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia with myeloid sarcoma, one of the rarest forms of AML. He relapsed even after 7 cycles of chemotherapy! When every door shuts, all you need is some light sneaking through the edges, just enough to...
Transplant Centre Empanelment
Empanelment of transplant centre (TC) with DATRI is an essential process that ensures if a respective centre meets predefined criteria as per WMDA(World Marrow Donor Association) Standard 1.07. This evaluation process also ensures that the donation of...
a slip between the cup and the lip
An 11-year-old female patient with Thalassemia Major was referred to DATRI in Sep 2021 by a transplant centre (TC) physician for HLA matched blood stem donor search request for a transplant. Our search team did a preliminary search from our database and found a...
The 1 in a million match
When I got the call informing me that I was found to be a stem cell match, I wasn’t entirely convinced. Was this a legitimate request, was there any commercial angle to this, would they take my bone marrow? I spoke to a colleague who had lost his wife to cancer – for...
Here’s how I gave a patient a second chance at life
First of all, I take this opportunity to congratulate Team DATRI for completing 1000 collections, which means they have given second chance to 1000 patients. This is absolutely a proud moment for DATRI and happy that I am part of this achievement. Below is my Blood...
Help Paardhu to find a match
YOU CAN BE THE LIFE SAVER FOR PAARDHU. Register as a Blood Stem Cell Donor and give a second chance at Life. Paardhu was diagnosed with Beta-Thalassemia disease at age of eight months and he is living in Chennai. His father is working in a reputed Health Insurance...
How easy is it to save a life?
I first came to know about DATRI Blood Stem Cell Donors Registry, when I was attending the awareness session which was organised by Aby Sam John and his team. Aby was leading the team that organized a stem cell donor registration drive at my organisation UST in Kochi,...
Many children suffering from thalassemia are waiting for your help! Register with DATRI to be their lifesaver
Have you ever heard of Thalassemia? Thalassemia is a blood disorder involving lower-than-normal amounts of an oxygen-carrying protein. Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder characterised by less oxygen-carrying protein (haemoglobin) and fewer red blood cells in...
FARIS’S STORY OF BLOOD STEM CELL DONATION
Faris Yousuf was pursuing his engineering at National Institute of Technology, Calicut, when he was registered as a potential Blood Stem Cell Donor with DATRI, India’s largest Blood Stem Cell Donors Registry; during a donor registration campaign conducted by National...
Celebrate the Festival of Colours by ‘Gifting A Life’ this Holi
India is a land of festivals, and each festival is a celebration of life. So, during this festival of colours, let us pledge to bring joy and colour in the life of a patient suffering from blood cancer or blood related disorder by registering with DATRI as a potential...
Inspired by his colleague, Thanigasalam is the second potential match donor from Histogenetics to donate his lifesaving blood stem cells!
Thanigasalam Arumugam from Histogenetics India Pvt Ltd has been working as a system administrator for the past ten years. In 2013, when DATRI organised a Blood Stem Cell donor registration drive in their office, he registered himself as a potential blood stem cell...
On World Cancer Day, pledge with DATRI to SAVE LIVES
On World Cancer Day, take a pledge with DATRI, India's largest Blood Stem Cell Donors Registry, to step forward and register with us. Many patients with blood cancer and blood-related disorders cannot survive without a lifesaving Blood Stem Cell Donation. We live in a...
DATRI Spreads its wings to help Thalassemia Patients in Uttar Pradesh
As we drew close to the end of 2021, DATRI India’s largest Blood Stem cell Donors Registry, got an opportunity to organize three Blood Stem Cell Donor Registration Drive and a camp to create awareness about Blood Stem Cell Transplant that can help any patient...
An Interesting Blood Stem Cell donation Story of Mr.Raghuvir Singh
“Ma’am, my wife also wants to register with DATRI as a blood stem cell donor” – the words by the donor Raghuvir Singh. Since his second daughter is only two months old, and we recommended to register Suman (donor’s wife) after his younger daughter, Bani, turns two...
Conversation With Our Brand Ambassador Darasing Khurana
Darasing Khurana attained international recognition when he was appointed as Mister India International 2017 and went on to represent India at Mister International. After that, the model turned actor became a celebrity in the country and he used that influence of his...