China News Service, Hangzhou, June 6th (Qian Chenfei and Huang Huiyuan) "Today I changed a way to save lives and heal the wounded, and it feels amazing." On the 6th, Zhejiang "post-95" nurse Ye Fen (pseudonym) successfully collected 176 ml of hematopoietic stem cell mixture. Suspension became the 786th hematopoietic stem cell donor in Zhejiang Province, bringing hope of life to children with blood diseases in the distance.
Ye Fen is a nurse in a county hospital of traditional Chinese medicine in Lishui, Zhejiang. Since she started working in 2015, she has been working on the front line of clinical practice. This year, she has also gone to the front line of the new crown pneumonia epidemic to participate in the prevention and control work.
She is serious and responsible at work, and a caring person in life.
She has participated in voluntary blood donation many times over the years.
"As a medical staff, I know that for patients with blood diseases, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is an effective way to cure the disease. So as early as July 2016, when I donated blood for free, I actively joined the China Marrow Bank and honored Become a hematopoietic stem cell donation volunteer." Ye Fen said.
Zhejiang "post-95" nurse Ye Fen (pseudonym, first from the left) donated hematopoietic stem cells.
Photo by Huang Huiyuan
Joining China Bone Marrow Bank does not mean donation. The success rate of matching between unrelated people is extremely low. Every volunteer who voluntarily joins China Bone Marrow Bank will face a long waiting period.
In April of this year, Ye Fen received a call from the local Red Cross Society for a successful match, and agreed without hesitation. Later, she successfully passed the high-resolution match and pre-donation medical examination.
Ye Fen said: "This time I can successfully match the type, and I can save other people's lives. It's a happy thing. Now, many people don't know enough about donating hematopoietic stem cells, and their participation is not high. I hope to donate through me. Get more people involved and save more lives.”
On the same day, after 5 hours of operation of the blood cell separator, 176 ml of hematopoietic stem cell suspension was successfully collected. This bag of "seeds of life" full of hope was immediately sent to the transplant hospital by special personnel and returned to the patient on the same day.
Ye Fen is the 786th hematopoietic stem cell donor in Zhejiang Province.
It is reported that a total of 4 volunteers from Hangzhou and Ningbo in Zhejiang donated at the same time, saving the lives of 4 blood disease patients with their own blood.
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