Madrid beat a new record in marrow and umbilical cord donation.
Madrid beat a new record in marrow and umbilical cord donation. transfusion Community Center recorded in 2011 777 new marrow donors and cord 601 donations. -the annual figure of donor marrow anonymous grows nearly 20% and the donations of cord 72% – last year the community hospitals conducted 518 marrow transplants Madrid, March 2012.- the citizens of the community of Madrid have established new historical maximum figures in donations of umbilical cord and marrow donors. Thus last year were recorded as anonymous donor and altruistic 777 new donors, from the 653 of 2010, an increase of almost 20%. The Centre has a database with 11,720 potential donors, pending a request for donation to a compatible receiver. Also, the cord, underway in 1997, Bank has processed 601 donations in 2011, with 348 processed the previous year, which means an increase of 72 per cent in a single year. Currently the transfusion centre available 6.471 preserved and arranged to transplant umbilical cord units. These new maximum figures are fruit of the work of the Centre for transfusion professionals and hospitals and, above all, of generosity and awareness citizen of Madrid. These donations can have as a destination for patients who require it in Madrid, the rest of Spain or other countries, at the same time that locals can receive donations from all over the world, in reciprocity. Vital donations to treat...
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