Before we introduce Mrs.Masilamani who is India’s first female Bone Marrow Donor, we would like understand your knowledge on Bone Marrow Donation history. If you know this already you can proceed reading this blog.
If you are not aware of this topic then we recommend reading the History of Bone Marrow Donation from our official blog.
Mrs.Masilamani is a 26-year-old woman who donated her bone marrow to save an infant suffering from a fatal blood disorder, DATRI claims that she was the first unrelated female donor to donate Bone Marrow. Masilamani is a mother of two children from a village in Coimbatore.
About Mrs.Masilamani:
Masilamani is from a remote village called Mudhalipalayam, Coimbatore. She is married to Mr.R.Kavirasan who is a fabricator and they are having two children. Her elder daughter was diagnosed with Thalassemia Major and doctors recommended a Blood Stem Cell Transplant.
Mrs.Masilamain and her Mr.Kavirasan registered with DATRI. At the same time, their HLA report was checked if they were a match. Sadly they did not match. Sometime later she matched for a patient and she became the only hope for the infant who was suffering from a Blood Disorder.
When DATRI approached and informed her that she was only hope for the infant, she was excited. She is from a remote village and her in-laws and her spouse were worried about the process and the side effects of the Bone Marrow Donation. When DATRI arranged for the doctor´s consultation and she came to know there are no major side effects and also her story will encourage many women to come forward for Blood Stem Cell Donation, she got convinced and her spouse and in-laws were very supportive during the whole process.
The number of women who backed out from donations was very high. After Mrs.Masilamani donation her story became key to DATRI to convince women donors to come forward and donate their blood stem cells from the peripheral blood or from bone marrow.
She became talk of the town and featured in Many News Articles, some of them list below:
- https://www.news18.com/news/india/how-a-gritty-mom-who-battled-social-odds-became-indias-first-woman-bone-marrow-donor-2062951.html
- https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/woman-donates-bone-marrow/article26461074.ece
Masilamani became our brand ambassador and she started to support us in various awareness sessions and recruitment drives. She also participated in the 10th year anniversary of Datri which was held in Nov 2019 in Chennai. Recently she was interviewed and her story was featured on BBC Tamil Youtube Channel.
As Mrs.Masilamani now you can also become Bone Marrow Donor and save lives with DATRI Blood Stem Cell Donors Registry
DATRI is a Not-for-Profit organization that was founded in 2009 with a mission to save lives of those suffering from life-threatening fatal blood disorders like Blood Cancer, Thalassemia, Leukaemia, Aplastic Anaemia, Sickle Cell Anaemia, etc
DATRI is registered with the Government of India as a Section 8 organization and all monetary contributions towards DATRI are subject to 80G exemptions
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