About the Singapore Cord Blood Bank

The Singapore Cord Blood Bank (SCBB) is a non-profit public cord blood banking facility whose mission is to provide placental cord blood units of high safety and quality for transplants, a medical treatment for some children with cancer. This is achieved by practising internationally accredited techniques of collection, processing and banking of cord blood.  The SCBB is a national resource that is supported by Singapore’s largest healthcare provider – SingHealth, as well as two volunteer welfare organisations – Children’s Cancer Foundation and Club Rainbow Singapore.

Participating hospitals on SCBB’s programme: KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore General Hospital, National University Hospital, East Shore Hospital, Gleneagles Hospital, Mount Alvernia Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Raffles Hospital and Thomson Medical Centre.

Parents who wish to find out more about donating their child’s umbilical cord blood can visit 
www.scbb.com.sg or contact the SCBB Donor Coordinators at 6394 5011 or info@scbb.com.sg.

Children’s Cancer Foundation partners Singapore Cord Blood Bank (SCBB) to start Singapore’s only public cord blood bank.

CCF contributed 10% to the start-up cost of the Singapore Cord Blood Bank (SCBB) established by Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd, as we recognise the benefits this project will have on childhood cancer survival rates.

Officially opened by then Minister for Health, Mr. Khaw Boon Wan on 28 September 2005, SCBB is Singapore’s only public cord blood bank. Operational since the end of December 2004, SCBB collects, processes and stores donated umbilical cord blood which will be made available to anyone who requires a suitable match for stem cell transplants, a medical treatment for some children with cancer. It will serve as a national repository of stem cell rich umbilical cord blood. This is different from existing private cord blood banks which store umbilical cord blood only for the family’s use.