Cordlife Group found to have damaged cord blood units of at least 2,150 customers

Cord blood units storage is a private service that is offered to parents when their babies are born. -UNSPLASH

SINGAPORE: Licensed cord blood bank Cordlife Group Limited (CGL) has been found to have exposed cryopreserved cord blood units at suboptimal temperatures, damaging the cord blood units belonging to at least 2,150 clients and rendering them unsuitable for stem cell transplant purposes, said the Health Ministry on Thursday (Nov 30).

The company has been ordered to stop collecting, testing, processing and/or storing any new cord blood and human tissues for a period of up to six months. It is also not allowed to provide any new types of tests to patients.