Two-time stem cell donor Zahari (third from left) and his two sisters, (from left) Zawiah and Zabiha, receiving a fruit basket from Dr Selahuddin as a token of appreciation during the World Bone Marrow Donor Day event at Sultanah Aminah Hospital in Johor Baru.
JOHOR BARU: When the call to step forward and become a stem cell donor presented itself, he stood up and answered it not once, but twice.
Father of three Zahari Mansur, 43, received a call from Ampang Hospital in 2009 after he was found to be a suitable stem cell donor for a patient suffering from myelofibrosis. The patient turned out to be his sister, 51-year-old Zabiha.
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