China News Service, November 24 (Chen Jingtongkuan) Leukemia is a malignant tumor that harms the health of children and adolescents. Although it is no longer a terminal illness, its treatment still brings financial and psychological pressure to many families.
Shanghai's medical and business circles are working hard to help children with leukemia in their families, so that they can overcome the difficulties and regain a new life.
The reporter was informed on the 24th that the Medical Branch of Shanghai Jiaotong University Education Development Foundation-Shanghai First People's Hospital (The First People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine) Adolescent Hematology Relief Fund ("Youth Relief Fund") has so far received The donations of millions of RMB from caring companies and individuals (the same below) helped 12 adolescent patients aged 5-18 from Guangdong, Jiangxi, Fujian, Anhui, Jiangsu and other places.
They all suffer from tumors or rare diseases with a high degree of hematological malignancy.
The "Youth Relief Fund" received another 1 million yuan donation from related pharmaceutical companies.
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Song Xianmin, director of the Department of Hematology, Shanghai First People's Hospital, said in an interview with reporters that the early chemotherapy, supportive treatment, and anti-infection treatment of these children and adolescents have brought huge financial pressure to their families.
The cost of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation itself is relatively high, which brings a lot of financial pressure to the less affluent families.
In addition to the medical insurance reimbursement line, the relief fund ranging from 30,000 to 50,000 yuan has greatly reduced the expenses borne by the family.
On the same day, the "Youth Aid Fund" received another 1 million yuan donation from related pharmaceutical companies.
Regarding leukemia, Song Xianmin said that many of the new leukemia patients each year are teenagers and children.
The pathogenesis of leukemia is complicated and has not been fully revealed yet.
As the economy continues to develop, medical security continues to improve, and the diagnosis rate continues to increase.
The expert told reporters that hematopoietic stem cell transplantation should choose the right time, and if the conditions for transplantation are met, the earlier the transplantation effect, the better.
On the same day, Song Xianmin shared two rescued cases.
He told reporters that Xiaohan (a pseudonym), an 8-year-old boy from Jiangxi, was diagnosed with acute leukemia.
The child is seriously ill, burdening the otherwise wealthy family with a heavy burden. In order to take care of the child, the child’s parents can only ask for leave.
In an interview, the father of the child said that when the family was unable to make ends meet, the Shanghai First People's Hospital helped them apply for the Youth Relief Fund, which relieved their urgent need.
After the mother's haploid transplantation, the child is now in good condition.
This brings hope to their family.
Another 6-year-old child, Xiaoyu (a pseudonym), was diagnosed with aplastic anemia and received chemotherapy, but the effect was not good.
At the Shanghai First People's Hospital, he became a beneficiary of the Youth Relief Fund.
After Xiaoyu's brother's haploid transplantation, he recovered smoothly.
The Shanghai First People’s Hospital told reporters on the same day that in the future, it will focus on children and adolescents with hematological diseases under the age of 18 who are unable to undergo allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation due to family difficulties, with the help of the radiation and influence of the hospital’s department of hematology and pediatrics. , To provide public welfare support to eligible children in the Yangtze River Delta region and even the whole country to help them continue treatment and return to school as soon as possible.
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