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The Texas Cord Blood Bank, a division of the Southy TexasBlood & Tissue Center, began to acceptg umbilical cord blood from Southeast Baptist This is the second hospital in the to begin collecting blood after North Central Baptist beganb collections in March 2007. Methodist Hospital is the othedr San Antonio area hospital thatcollects (McKenna Hospital in New Braunfels also collects In all, seven hospitals throughouty the state are participatinbg in the umbilical cord program.
"Ww are excited to be able to offert families delivering here at Southeast an opportunity to give such awonderfupl gift," says Margaret Kelley, an obstetrician and gynecologist at Southeast "The process of collecting umbilical cord blood is relativelu easy for the physician and poses no risk to the mother or After healthy babies are the umbilical cord is usually discarded. However, cord blood is rich is blood-makinb cells that can be used to trear a number of potentiallyfatal diseases, such as, leukemia and disorders of the blood-makin system like sickle-cell anemia; severe immune-system disorderzs and genetic defects that affectt the blood-making system.
"As a public cord bloodr bank, our goal is to collect 6,000 cord bloodx units to ensurea diverse, quality supply for families in says Norman D. Kalmin, president, CEO and medica director of the South Texas BloodTissue
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