KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry is intensifying efforts to increase public awareness on blood stem cell transplant and donation to help cure patients with diseases such as leukemia and lymphoma.

“We hope to enhance public awareness so that more donors will come forward to save the lives of others,” he told reporters the 20th anniversary celebration of Blood Stem Cell Transplant Service, as well as the 2019 World Marrow Donor Day at Ampang Hospital here today.