The birth of your child could save a life!

Current statistics show that only 30% of patients who are suffering from blood cancers and blood disorders are able to find matched bone marrow stem cells that can save their life. This bone marrow could come from a sibling but it is often difficult to find a match as there is only a 25% chance of a sibling match. The chances of finding a matched unrelated bone marrow donor are currently also very low.

What this means is that for individuals in need of transplantation who cannot find a related or unrelated suitably matched bone marrow donor, cord blood units stored by public cord blood banks offer an alternative source of life-saving stem cells. As such, Singapore's new public public cord blood bank is able to reach out to a wide and diverse patient population in need of these life-saving stem cells. Donating to the public cord blood bank will be at no monetary cost to you or your insurer.

For mothers wishing to donate their baby's cord blood, please feel free to speak to your delivering physician or you could contact us. All obstetric hospitals in Singapore are part of the SCBB's cord blood donation programme. More specifically, these are:

·         East Shore Hospital (ESH)

·         Gleneagles Hospital (GEH)

·         KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) *

·         Mount Alvernia Hospital (MAH)

·         Mount Elizabeth Hospital (MEH)

·         National University Hospital (NUH) *

·         Raffles Hospital (RH)

·         Singapore General Hospital (SGH) *

·         Thomson Medical Centre (TMC)

* Restructured Hospitals

For more information, call the SCBB at 63945011 or email info@scbb.com.sg