193 persons register themselves as stem cell donors

A special stem cell donors registration drive was organised at Bhuvanendra Hall in Canara High School, Dongarakeri to find the stem cell march for Prashanth, a 37-year-old physical education teacher at Canara CSBE School, who is suffering from Leukemia. As many as 193 persons registered themselves as stem cell donors with Stem Cell Registry India (SCRI) during the special drive. The drive was inaugurated by Athlete Varsha Rohith. Canara High School Associaton President Prabhakar Shenoy, Secretary M Ranganath and were also present.
A special drive was also carried out for a week at Canara College of Engineering in Benjanapadavu, Canara College in Mangalore and Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), in which a total of 714 people had participated.