China News Service, Zhengzhou, October 20 (Reporter Han Zhangyun) On October 20, in the hematopoietic stem cell collection room of Henan Cancer Hospital, volunteers Zhang Xuezhong and Liu Wenlong from Zhengzhou successfully completed hematopoietic stem cell donation.
At present, Zhengzhou's new crown pneumonia epidemic is severe.
In order to save the lives of unfamiliar patients, five volunteers from Henan overcame many difficulties and went retrograde for love in three days, arrived at the hospital as scheduled, and successfully donated hematopoietic stem cells, giving the patients hope of rebirth.
On October 19, Zhang Hecai, a volunteer from Zhoukou, Henan Province, successfully completed hematopoietic stem cell donation.
Photo courtesy of the Red Cross Society of Henan Province
Donating hematopoietic stem cells for the second time, he said good things are done in the end
This year, 41-year-old Zhang Xuezhong walked into the hospital's hematopoietic stem cell collection room for the second time.
In November 2021, 10 years after joining the China Hematopoietic Stem Cell Donor Database, he successfully donated hematopoietic stem cells to a patient with a blood disease, fulfilling his promise of "saving a life".
After a lapse of 9 months, the Zhengzhou Red Cross Society called again.
It turned out that the patient Zhang Xuezhong rescued had to donate hematopoietic stem cells again due to his worsening condition.
On October 19, Wu Xinzhang, a volunteer from Henan Mall, successfully completed hematopoietic stem cell donation.
Photo courtesy of the Red Cross Society of Henan Province
"Do good things to the end." Zhang Xuezhong made the same choice as last time, and the donation time was set for October 20.
With the donation approaching, Zhengzhou suddenly encountered a new round of epidemics.
On the premise of actively protecting himself, Zhang Xuezhong resolutely decided to save people and actively cooperate with the donation work.
He said: "It is also our fate to be able to save this patient. I believe that this time the patient will be able to overcome the disease."
In a race against death, he completed the donation process in 10 days
Like Zhang Xuezhong, there is also Liu Wenlong from Xinzheng who is selfless in saving people. It only took 10 days from when he received the call to the final donation.
Under normal circumstances, it will take one month or even longer to successfully donate hematopoietic stem cells after going through all the procedures.
On October 20, Zhengzhou volunteer Zhang Xuezhong successfully completed hematopoietic stem cell donation.
Photo by Cao Changsong
On October 10, Liu Wenlong received a call from the Zhengzhou Red Cross Society and learned that he and a blood disease patient had been initially matched, but due to the emergency, the donation process needed to be accelerated.
It turned out that the patient had been successfully matched with a volunteer before, but due to the epidemic, the volunteer terminated the donation process.
If there is no suitable hematopoietic stem cell infusion, the patient will be life-threatening.
The Chinese hematopoietic stem cell donor database immediately launched a nationwide screening, and Liu Wenlong was finally selected.
After learning of the situation, Liu Wenlong immediately said: "There is nothing to hesitate. I will do my best to do anything that needs me."
Time is life. In the early morning of October 11, Liu Wenlong rushed to the hospital to complete the pre-donation physical examination and other matters.
After many coordination and efforts, the donation is scheduled to be carried out on the 20th.
"I'm a minute faster, and the patient has a little more hope of surviving." Liu Wenlong said, "I heard that the patient is about the same age as me, and there are old and young. I can empathize with it the most. save people."
On October 20, Zhengzhou volunteer Liu Wenlong successfully completed hematopoietic stem cell donation.
Photo by Cao Changsong
Waiting for the "seed of life" plane to take off 20 minutes later
For patients with blood diseases, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is an important way to obtain effective treatment, so hematopoietic stem cells are also called "seeds of life".
After the volunteers successfully donate hematopoietic stem cells, the "covenant of life" is not over. Only when the hematopoietic stem cells are sent to the patient's hospital and injected into the patient's body can it be considered a success.
On October 19, Wu Xinzhang, a volunteer from the Central Health Center of Yuji Town, Shangcheng County, Xinyang City, Henan Province, successfully collected hematopoietic stem cells in Zhengzhou. The "seed of life" he donated needs to be sent to the patient's hospital by plane.
Due to unexpected circumstances, the acquisition time was delayed by 20 minutes.
To this end, the staff responsible for transporting hematopoietic stem cells urgently contacted Zhengzhou Airport and the airline for assistance.
In order to wait for the "seed of life" to arrive, the flight was delayed by 20 minutes, and the airport also opened a green channel to buy time for the delivery.
In the end, under the relay of love from many parties, the transporters successfully took the plane to send the hematopoietic stem cells to the patient's hospital.
Under the epidemic, from October 18, Liu Peng, Zhang Xuezhong, Liu Wenlong from Zhengzhou, Zhang Hecai from Zhoukou, and Wu Xinzhang from Xinyang, five volunteers have completed hematopoietic stem cell donation in Zhengzhou one after another, for love.
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