"I hope he can enjoy the sunshine and beauty in the distance!" On the same day in Shanghai, three handsome young men donated hematopoietic stem cells.
On the same day in Shanghai, three handsome young men donated hematopoietic stem cells. They worked in different jobs and had very different personalities, but they all had the same wish - to pass on the seeds of life, donate hematopoietic stem cells and pass on the hope of life. According to the Shanghai Red Cross, this is also the first time that three donations have been completed on the same day in Shanghai, and the Shanghai Red Cross has exceeded 600 hematopoietic stem cell donations at the same time.
As of early October 2023, the China Bone Marrow Bank has a cumulative storage capacity of 3.28 million people, and has provided human leukocyte antigen matching retrieval services to more than 117,000 hematological disease patients, and more than 16,000 unrelated hematopoietic stem cell donations. The Shanghai branch of the China Marrow Bank has a total of more than 170,000 volunteers from all walks of life, always ready to send the seeds of life to patients with blood diseases.
"Marrow edge" is waiting, be a simple and good person
Today at Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University and Shanghai First People's Hospital, two young men, Li Zhufeng and Pan Deng, donated lovingly collected stem cells. Li Zhufeng is a grid supervisor at the Urban Transport Center of Sheshan Town, Songjiang District. He has participated in voluntary blood donations many times since he was in college, and has donated a total of 1,200 ml of whole blood so far. During this process, he learned about hematopoietic stem cell donation. In 2021, he voluntarily signed up to join the Chinese Bone Marrow Bank and began his "marrow edge" waiting.
Xiao Li is low-key, down-to-earth and responsible every day. As a grid supervisor, he completes inspections of a 4.77-square-kilometer grid area every day and drives 40 kilometers in a single day. Within the grid area, he has detailed information on the conditions of 32 bridges, 25 rivers, and 20 roads. During Typhoon Meihua last year, Xiao Li rescued a passerby who was injured by a falling tree in the early morning. Giving love has always been his pursuit.
Pan Deng’s mother is a Red Cross cadre in Tinglin Town, Jinshan District. Since middle school, Xiao Pan has often volunteered with his mother and been enthusiastic about various charity activities. Under the influence of his mother, Xiao Pan joined the Chinese Bone Marrow Bank in August 2021. After passing high-resolution testing and comprehensive physical examination. On September 25 this year, Xiao Pan solemnly signed his name on the consent form for donating hematopoietic stem cells.
"Jinshan District has a tradition of being a 'good person in Jinshan'. I did what I should do. I hope more young people will join and more patients can be saved," Xiao Pan said. It is worth mentioning that he just joined Jinshan Agricultural Bank this year and recently successfully prevented a large-scale telecommunications fraud case. Xiao Pan became the first hematopoietic stem cell donor in the Shanghai Agricultural Bank of China system.
After 10 years of "warehousing", he finally waited until today
This morning, Li Xin was also quietly waiting for stem cell collection in the First People's Hospital. Xiao Li joined the China Bone Marrow Bank when he was studying in college abroad. "It has been 10 years since I entered the database. I thought there would be no news, but I didn't expect that I would be matched. I am very excited!" Today, Xiao Li works in a network technology company in Shanghai. In order to successfully complete the donation, he took the initiative to request that the warehouse be transferred to the Shanghai branch so that he could cooperate at any time with various inspections and preparations before the donation.
In life, Xiao Li loves the sun. He likes traveling, hiking, skydiving, diving and other outdoor sports. I have already prepared for donation. "Donation will not harm your health. I just have one idea - let him in the distance enjoy nature, sunshine and beauty like me." It is reported that Li Xin is the 600th donor in Shanghai.
At the donation site of the First City Hospital, about 30 employees and 19 medical staff who were newly hired this year registered to join the Chinese Hematopoietic Stem Cell Donor Database, the youngest of whom was 21 years old. Zhang Hui, a nurse in the geriatric medicine department who is born after 2000, just joined the job this year. When she heard the hospital’s call, she signed up without hesitation. "As a nurse, I have seen many patients suffering from blood diseases. I can use my nursing skills to relieve their pain, and now I can also help them in another way." Zhang Hui said.
In the past few years, three medical staff from a city hospital have successfully donated hematopoietic stem cells. Cha Xiaolong, a doctor at the trauma center, completed the entire process from mobilization to collection in just 20 days, setting a record for the shortest time from mobilization to collection for hematopoietic stem cell donation in Shanghai. Song Xianmin, director of the hematology department of the hospital, said that as the Shanghai Red Cross Hospital, the number of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplants completed since 2018 has continuously ranked first among the city's hospitals. As of October 10, 2023, the hospital has completed 288 cases of hematopoietic stem cell donation and collection, accounting for 48% of all collection cases in Shanghai.
