On the morning of December 11, Zhang Min, a 26-year-old doctoral student at Wuhan Tongji Medical College, came to the Nanjing Road Campus of Wuhan Central Hospital early to collect hematopoietic stem cells in the ward of the hematology department, giving hope to the post-90s blood disease patients who had never met.
When the reporter came to the hematology ward of Wuhan Central Hospital, he saw that with the roar of the machine, the seeds of life collected from Zhang Min's body slowly flowed into the bag. Zhang Min told reporters that in October 2015, he saw the promotion of hematopoietic stem cell donation in the school, so he and his classmates signed up for the Chinese hematopoietic stem cell donor database, but he did not expect that in the past 8 years, he has received two calls from the staff of the Red Cross.
Zhang Min, a hematopoietic stem cell donation volunteer: "One time was in 2019, when I was preparing for the graduate school entrance examination, I said that I was matched with a person, and asked me if I was willing, and I agreed at that time, but I was not contacted again after that time. Another time, about a month ago, I was told that I was matched again, and asked if I would like to, and I agreed. ”
It is understood that Zhang Min is a native of Xiangyang, Hubei, and he has been determined to be a doctor since he was a child. During the college entrance examination, he chose to major in medicine for all his voluntary applications, and now he has become a 2023 MD at Tongji Medical College affiliated to Huazhong University of Science and Technology. In his opinion, being a doctor is to treat diseases and save lives, and now donating hematopoietic stem cells is also the same.
Zhang Min, a hematopoietic stem cell donation volunteer: "At that time, the purpose of joining the bone marrow bank was to help other people one day in the future. Now that this opportunity has appeared, it must be a choice to seize this opportunity, which is to donate hematopoietic stem cells to save the lives of others. ”
As a medical student, Zhang Min said that he has also been in contact with some patients with blood diseases in his clinical practice, so he can better understand their feelings about the urgent need for hematopoietic stem cells. Therefore, Zhang Min felt that it was of great significance to be able to successfully match and donate hematopoietic stem cells this time.
Zhang Min, a hematopoietic stem cell donation volunteer: "I hope that the recipient can recover soon, and his future life will be healthy and smooth, and I also hope that he can pass on this love." ”
Zhang Wenjing, deputy chief physician of the Department of Hematology of Wuhan Central Hospital, said that some citizens have insufficient understanding of hematopoietic stem cell donation, thinking that it is "bone marrow extraction". In fact, stem cells that are sleeping in the body are mobilized into the peripheral blood and collected.
Zhang Wenjing, deputy chief physician of the Department of Hematology of Wuhan Central Hospital: "Donating hematopoietic stem cells has no impact on human health. This process is very safe, and we found in the process of collecting stem cells that in fact, the proportion of our medical workers who donate hematopoietic stem cells is quite high. ”
After four hours of collection, the stem cell suspension successfully donated by Zhang Min on the same day will be sent to the patient's hospital by the specialist. Zhang Min also became the 614th case of hematopoietic stem cell donor in Hubei Province and the 16,561st case of hematopoietic stem cell donation in China.
Zhang Wenjing, deputy chief physician of the Department of Hematology, Wuhan Central Hospital, said: "For patients with malignant blood diseases, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation with bone marrow is the only way to cure and the hope of their lives. Therefore, this kind of patient, he is very much in need of more and more caring people in the society to join the bone marrow bank to save more of our patients with blood diseases. ”