Recently, the awarding ceremony of the non-blood-related hematopoietic stem cell collection cooperative hospital of China Marrow Bank was held in Guiyang Maternal and Child Health Hospital. The medical and nursing team of the Hematology Department of the hospital will collect peripheral hematopoietic stem cells for donated volunteers for the first time. This means that Guiyang Maternal and Child Health Hospital (Guiyang Children’s Hospital) has become the third hematopoietic stem cell collection hospital in the province, and also the first specialized children’s hospital with stem cell collection qualifications in Guizhou Province.
Award ceremony.
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is an important means for the treatment of childhood hematological diseases, such as childhood thalassemia major, relapsed and refractory leukemia, malignant solid tumors, inherited metabolic diseases, and immunodeficiency diseases. The stem cells used for transplantation therapy are derived from peripheral blood, bone marrow, and cord blood, and the use of peripheral blood stem cell transplantation is the main treatment method. Peripheral blood stem cell collection is the acquisition of hematopoietic stem cells from a donor through apheresis. This method of transplantation is safe and easy for the patient to recover hematopoiesis and immune function, and is similar to blood donation.
The scene of the awarding ceremony.
Since June 2018, Guiyang Maternal and Child Health Hospital established the first children’s hematopoietic stem cell transplantation warehouse in Guizhou Province, and has successfully carried out autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation technology, and has been approved as the first hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in Guizhou Province. It is a specialized children’s hospital for unrelated hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, and it is also the transplant center with the largest number of children’s hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in Guizhou Province.
At present, there are a total of 211 hospitals for hematopoietic stem cell collection and transplantation approved by the China Bone Marrow Bank, with a huge number of more than 3.11 million voluntary donors. Patients who need transplants are looking for suitable donors in the Bone Marrow Bank. success rate is increasing.
As a designated hospital for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases such as thalassemia and leukemia in Guizhou Province, Guiyang Maternal and Child Health Hospital can enjoy the policy of medical insurance for serious illnesses, reducing the financial burden of the families of the children. In the future, the hospital will be a stem cell collection and transplantation hospital confirmed by the Chinese Bone Marrow Bank in our province. The hospital will take this opportunity and, with the support of the China Marrow Bank, strengthen its medical service capabilities, adhere to the purpose of running the hospital for the health of women and children, and contribute to improving the health of children in the province. (Photo/Text Guiyang Maternal and Child Health Hospital)