APPEAL TO ASIAN INDIANS FOR
BONE MARROW
DONOR REGISTRY PARTICIPATION
www.marrow.org
We, Mr. Kiran and
Mrs. Kalpana Desai, of Springfield, IL. USA appeal on behalf of our 14-year old
son, Krupal Desai, who is fighting against Acute Myelogenic Leukemia (Acute
Blood Cancer), for volunteers to register in the National (Bone) Marrow
Donor Program.Our son Krupal, who just completed grade 9, is undergoing
Chemotherapy currently but would need the transplant in less than 2 months with no
matching donor available from his immediate family.
At present, only less than 0.1 %
of Indian population has been registered with the Worldwide Bone Marrow
Registry, with only 5000 people registered in USA. Hence, whenever an Indian
person needs Bone Marrow Transplant, it becomes extremely difficult to find the
right match for him or her. Often, the person does not survive while a search
for a match is still going on. Chances of survival without Bone marrow
transplant are less than 50 % only. Hence, if all members of Indian Community
between the age of 18 through 60 years, men and women alike, have their name on the National Bone marrow
Registry, it would help save hundreds of
lives. The registration process is harmless and involves only having
a small amount of Blood drawn and get it tested for HLA typing. There is
no binding to any potential donor by having their name on the register. When the
blood test results of a person match with a prospective recipient, the Registry
contacts the person for getting the consent of the person.
The testing of blood can be arranged free for the
minorities by way of arranging a community drive upon contacting the National
(bone) Marrow Donor Registry Center on the www.marrow.org or by calling
1-800-Marrow2 (1-800-627-7692) or their nearest center to you. The drive
should be preferably combined with a social or religious event to ensure
adequate response of Indian Community members,
You can also contribute to
the drive by simply circulating a copy of this appeal to all
your friends, relatives, neighbors, the local Indian newspapers, the local
Indian associations or groups (civic or religious) by fax or e-mail or post or
by posting on the bulletins at the civic and/or religious gatherings of Indian
communities and so on.
We Indians have always believed
in helping other community members and we trust that our call in times of our
distress would not go unheeded.
For further details or location
of the nearest center to you, please feel free to contact at 217-787-7739,
e-mail: HBHATT2000@AOL.COM
or kdesai@kdesai.com
or
write to 212 Astoria Road, Springfield, IL. 62704
- USA or Mr. Harish Bhatt at (217)-529-0223-Phone or (217)-529-0132 Fax.
P.
O. BOX 1244, PALATINE, IL. 60078 , 
(847) 359-5PCS, 
(847) 359-1107 
info@pcschicago.org