More young adults in Singapore sign up as bone marrow donors
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Thaarmin Thana Rajan is among a growing number of young adults joining the Bone Marrow Donor Programme.
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- More young adults in Singapore are registering as bone marrow donors, with those aged 21 to 30 comprising 61.4% of matched donors in 2025, up from 45.76% in 2021.
- The Bone Marrow Donor Programme (BMDP) highlights the critical need for diverse ethnic representation on the donor register.
- Donor dropout remains a significant challenge, often caused by misconceptions about the donation process.
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SINGAPORE – Thaarmin Thana Rajan, 21, signed up to be a bone marrow donor during a donor recruitment drive held at his school in 2023.
He had forgotten about it by the time he received a phone call two years later, which changed his life – and that of a critically ill stranger.
