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Bone Marrow Donor Programme

Thank you for taking the vital step to register as a marrow donor! Before you proceed with your registration, please take a moment to check your eligibility as a volunteer donor.

Eligible

  • Age between 18 to 49 years old (Year of Birth)

A DONOR FOR EVERY PATIENT

The Bone Marrow Donor Programme (BMDP) manages Singapore’s only register of volunteer marrow donors. Everything we do is for the goal of finding a donor for every patient.

Medical Exclusions

Unfortunately, you will not be able to join the register if you have any of the following condition (please see below);

  1. Angina
  2. Ankylosing spondylitis
  3. Any clinically significant valvular disease (either by symptoms or echocardiography)
  4. Any congenital valvular stenosis other than biscuspid aortic valve
  5. Any other valve defect requiring ongoing clinical care or medication, or which causes any restriction in activities of daily living
  6. Any valve replacement or balloon valvuloplasty
  7. Cancer
  8. Cerebrovascular accident
  9. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
  10. Current alcohol use disorder
  1. Current Hep B or C infection
  2. Current high risk sexual behaviour
  3. Currently on Oral or IV steroids
  4. Currently requiring medication for epilepsy
  5. Diabetes
  6. Existing thyroid diagnosis (with or without medication)
  7. Fatal familial insomnia
  8. Fibromyalgia
  9. Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker diseases
  10. Goodpasture syndrome
  1. Guillain-Barre syndrome
  2. Had a major transplant
  3. Heart attack
  4. History of alcoholic liver disease or cardiomyopathy
  5. History of babesiosis
  6. History of chagas’ disease
  7. HIV
  8. HTLV
  9. Inflammatory arthritis (including rheumatoid arthritis)
  10. Inflammatory bowel disease
  1. Intracerebral haemorrhage
  2. Ischaemic Heart Disease (IHD)
  3. Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance (MGUS)
  4. Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
  5. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)/Chronic fatigue syndrome
  6. Myocardial Infarction (MI)
  7. Sarcoidosis
  8. Scleroderma/CREST
  9. Severe allergy to anaesthetic agent
  10. Severe allergy to latex
  1. Severe G6PD deficiency
  2. Sickle cell anaemia (excluding carrier)
  3. Sporadic, familial and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)
  4. Stroke
  5. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
  6. Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA)
  7. Tuberculosis (treated within the past 2 years)
  8. Wegener granulomatosis

If you are found to be a potential match for a patient, you understand that

You will need to provide blood sample so we can confirm your suitability to proceed with the donation.
You will be asked to donate in one of the following two ways:

    1. Peripheral Blood Stem Cell (PBSC) Collection
      90% of the people donate stem cells through this method.
      You will be given Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor (G-CSF) injections over 5 days to increase the number of blood stem cells in your blood stream before these cells are collected through your blood stream.
    2. Bone Marrow Collection
      Bone marrow is collected from the pelvic bone. This takes place whilst you are under general anaesthesia for around 40 minutes.
      Whichever method of donation you choose, your stem cells/bone marrow will regenerate within 4 to 6 weeks.
Your donation could save a patient who lives anywhere in the world.
Identities will be kept completely anonymous to protect both donor’s and patient’s identities.

Proceed to fill in personal information

    A. Personal Information (individuals without Singpass may key the information manually)




    Please provide a valid personal email
    Please fill in as following: +{country code}-{mobile no}










     

    B. Alternative Contact

    Please provide details of a close friend or a relative who you’ve told, or will tell, that you have signed up as a marrow donor and their data is being provided to BMDP for the purposes of contacting them if we can’t get in touch with you about being a potential match. This person must not have the same contact information as you.

    Alternative Contact 1



    Alternative Contact 2



     

    C. Medical Declaration

    Please select your answers to the medical questionnaire below. Your answer may or may not, disqualify you from being a marrow donor. Please explain in detail to help us evaluate.














    BMDP is a public donor registry. By completing this registration, you agree to donate any patient for whom you may be a match. If you wish to donate to a specific patient, please send a request for private typing with the patient's name to patient@bmdp.org

    If you intent to proceed with private typing, please DO NOT continue with this public registration


     

    To complete registration, donor will have to acknowledge the following:

    1. I agree that the information provided in this form is complete, accurate, true and correct. I consent to the collection, use and disclosure of my personal data as provided in this form in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act 2012, BMDP’s Privacy Statement and Data Protection Policy which is made available at https://bmdp.org/privacy-policy. 
    2. I consent to my sample being taken for tissue typing and to add my profile with the BMDP. 
    3. I understand that I am required to provide another cheek swab sample if the lab is unable to retrieve any HLA typing results from my previous sample.
    4. I will stay in the register until I am 60 unless I ask for my details to be removed. 
    5. I understand that I may withdraw my consent at any time by contacting the BMDP. 
    6. I further understand, acknowledge and agree to the transfer of my personal data to other jurisdictions which may be necessary to the donor matching process, and I consent to BMDP to transfer my data outside Singapore. 
    7. I understand that BMDP will contact me when my personal information and medical information need to be verified and at the point, I am found to be a potential match to a patient. 
    8. I give consent to BMDP contacting the alternate contact(s) I have provided should I be found as a match and have obtained the consent of these contact(s) to provide their personal data to BMDP for this purpose. 
    9. I understand and agree that I will have to seek my parents’ written consent before undergoing the stem cell/bone marrow donation procedure if I am identified to be a suitable match for any patient. (Only applicable to donors under 21 years old at the point of donation)

     

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    Address
    8 Sinaran Drive, #03-02 Novena Specialist Center
    Singapore 307470

    Contact
    Tel: (65) 6916 0370

    Email
    donor@bmdp.org

    Operating Hours
    Closed on Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays
    Monday to Friday: 9:00 am – 6:00 pm