Help! Bone Marrow Donors Required

Now, here's a sad piece of news. Vince, whom I met during my trip to New York some years back, has become a close friend over the years. We try our best to keep in touch and Facebook, naturally, became the best tool after I gave up on Gtalk.

Vince is the middle child and has an elder brother, Marvin, whom I associate with a really cute doggy, Popcorn. We also know his younger brother, who is the baby of the family, William, gets alot of his love and attention. Recently, William has been hospitalised and eventually diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia that is very difficult to treat and a bone marrow transplant is the primary treatment option.

William’s leukemia is in remission after a series of chemotherapy treatment at the University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, and his doctors are now searching the bone marrow registries for a potential donor for a bone marrow transplant to ensure William remain cancer-free. Both his brothers, Vince and Marvin, are not matches, so we need your help to grow these registries so that there is a better chance of finding matched donors for William and others who need bone marrow transplants!

You can find out more on how to go about taking the first step...




Vince and Marvin have created this website - http://www.supportwilliam.com to help with spreading the word. You will be able to find information on how to help William. You can register and order a donor kit via the Bone Marrow Donor Programme. Or, you can also proceed to the following locations:

Primary Donor Centres

Bone Marrow Donor Program
Address:	46 South Bridge Road #03-01, Kingly Building Singapore 058679
Tel:	(65) 6327 1344
Opening Hours:	Monday to Friday 9.00 am - 6.00 pm Closed on Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays

National University Hospital
Address:	Blood Donation Centre Level 1, Main Building 1 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road Singapore 119074
Tel:	(65) 6772 5356
Opening Hours:	Monday to Friday: 8.00 am - 5.00 pm Saturday: 8.30 am - 12.30 pm Extended hours on Wednesday until 7.30 pm. Closed on Sundays and Public Holidays

SGH Haematology Centre
Address:	Singapore General Hospital Block 7, Level 2 Outram Road Singapore 169608
Tel:	(65) 6321 4722
Opening Hours:	Weekdays: 9.00am to 4.00pm Saturdays: 9.00am to 12.00noon

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