Sixteen-year-old Roshlind Kate Mance’s life is threatened by rare blood disorders and her family is holding a number of swap drives across western Canada to find a suitable donor to help treat her disorder. ( match4roshlind.com )The disorders affect about one in one million people and costly treatment has been denied by the Alberta government. The drive is just one of several planned by the Match for Roshlind Campaign in Edmonton, Calgary and Winnipeg. Article Continued BelowThe event was inspired by the effort to find a stem-cell donor for an Edmonton man who was battling cancer. During the search for a match for Bille Nguyen, his sister, Susan Nguyen, learned how difficult it can be to find a donor for people of a minority ethnicity.

Source: thestar October 29, 2018 15:02 UTC