A scene from the recruitment drive
ABMDR holds donor-recruitment drive, encourages community members to register as donors
LOS ANGELES—The Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry held a donor-recruitment drive at St. Gregory Armenian Church in Glendale on December 6, in support of an Armenian patient in Los Angeles, Constantin Malek Andrasians, as well as other patients across the world. Malek Andrasians, 65, is suffering from a life-threatening blood-related illness. His only chance of survival is to have a bone marrow stem-cell transplant, which would be possible only if he is matched with a stem-cell donor.
The recruitment drive was organized jointly with members of Malek Andrasians’ family. The family was also instrumental in raising public awareness of their loved one’s plight.
Prior to the registration of new donors, Dr. Frieda Jordan, President of ABMDR, informed the attendees about the simple process of becoming a potential donor, as well as the steps involved in donating bone marrow stem cells — which in turn would lead to saving someone’s life through a transplant.
ABMDR volunteers and members of Constantin Malek Andrasians’ family
“We hope to find a matched donor for our patient and all patients who are desperately waiting to have a life-saving transplant through a matched donor,â€
