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Become a bone marrow donor in Uruguay

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If you live in Uruguay, you can join SINDOME from age 18 to 55. In Uruguay, you join SINDOME, the national registry, at INDT in the Hospital de Clínicas in Montevideo, after booking online, in person or by phone. 2 Checked .

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Uruguay at a glance
RegionSouth America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Americas 7
PopulationAbout 3.4 million (2023) 8
RegistrySINDOME (Instituto Nacional de Donación y Trasplante de Células, Tejidos y Órganos (INDT)) 2 5
Who can joinAges 18 to 55SINDOME’s requirements in Uruguay are age, good health and a free, informed decision, with no residence or citizenship rule; online booking needs a gub.uy user or a Uruguayan digital identity. 2
How you sign upYou can book SINDOME online, in person or by phone. On the day, there is an interview, a consent form and a blood sample for tissue typing. 2
CostUruguay’s government says joining SINDOME has no cost. 2
TransplantsINDT’s 2025 statistics report counts 152 stem cell transplants in Uruguay in 2025: 111 using the patient’s own cells, 18 from matched relatives, 13 half-matched and 10 from unrelated donors, down from 172 in 2024. 4
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Bone marrow registries are also called stem cell registries.

Who runs the bone marrow donor registry in Uruguay?

SINDOME signs up people who live in Uruguay. It is run by Instituto Nacional de Donación y Trasplante de Células, Tejidos y Órganos (INDT), a public body.

SINDOME, Uruguay’s registry of blood stem cell donors, was inaugurated on Dec 15, 2004, and takes volunteers at INDT in the Hospital de Clínicas. 1

SINDOME signs up donors at INDT in Montevideo, by appointment. 2

How do I join in Uruguay?

INDT, which runs SINDOME, is on the fourth floor of the east wing of the Hospital de Clínicas Dr. Manuel Quintela, on Avenida Italia in Montevideo, and takes questions on a free phone line, 0800 1835. 3

To book SINDOME online you sign in with a gub.uy account or another digital identity, such as Uruguay’s digital ID document used with a reader, Abitab’s Identidad Digital or Antel’s TuID; booking in person or by phone needs none of these. 2

  • SINDOME

    Run by Instituto Nacional de Donación y Trasplante de Células, Tejidos y Órganos (INDT), a public body.

    18–55years old to join

    Who it’s for
    People who live in Uruguay, aged 18 to 55.
    Language
    Spanish

    Read SINDOME’s own page (opens in a new tab)

Who can join in Uruguay?

SINDOME takes people aged 18 to 55 in good health. 2

Can I donate?Age limits by country

SINDOME’s ages

Uruguay and the world’s donor search

SINDOME’s donors can be found from abroad: WMDA’s Search & Match counted 1,617 adult donor records from Uruguay’s registry at its Jul 9, 2026 update. 5 6

A 2003 Revista Médica del Uruguay study of 346 marrow transplant candidates typed for SINDOME at the Hospital de Clínicas from 1997 to 2002 found that only 45% had a matching donor, and said a search of international registries may be some patients’ only option. 9

Are stem cell transplants done in Uruguay?

INDT authorizes five stem cell transplant programs in Uruguay, and two of them may use unrelated donors: Hospital Maciel for adults and Hospital Pereira Rossell for children. Hospital Británico did the most transplants in 2025, 65. 3 4

Questions about joining in Uruguay

Can I join if I’m not a citizen of Uruguay?

SINDOME’s requirements in Uruguay are age, good health and a free, informed decision, with no residence or citizenship rule; online booking needs a gub.uy user or a Uruguayan digital identity. 2

How do I sign up in Uruguay: online, by kit or in person?

You can book SINDOME online, in person or by phone. On the day, there is an interview, a consent form and a blood sample for tissue typing. 2

Does it cost anything to join in Uruguay?

Uruguay’s government says joining SINDOME has no cost. 2

How old do you have to be to join SINDOME?

SINDOME signs up people aged 18 to 55. 2

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Sources

How we check

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Registries

  1. Instituto Nacional de Donación y Trasplante de Células, Tejidos y Órganos (INDT). SINDOME. Checked

Official bodies

  1. Ministerio de Salud Pública - INDT (gub.uy Trámites). Agendarse para estudios ... Ingreso a SINDOME. Checked
  2. Instituto Nacional de Donación y Trasplante (INDT). Programas de trasplante registrados y autorizados. Checked
  3. Instituto Nacional de Donación y Trasplante (INDT). Boletín Estadístico 2025. Checked

Figures and lists

  1. WMDA. WMDA Total Number of Donors and Cord blood units.
  2. WMDA (Share, organisation data public access). Database.
  3. United Nations Statistics Division. Standard country or area codes for statistical use (M49): Overview (English table).
  4. UN DESA Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024: Total population by sex (CSV).

Other sources

  1. Revista Médica del Uruguay. HLA-A, -B, -DR en receptores de trasplante de médula ósea en Uruguay: Sistema nacional de registro, tipificación y búsqueda de donantes de médula ósea y progenitores hematopoyéticos (SINDOME). Updated Aug 31, 2003. Checked