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St. Francis Hospital Launches Umbilical Cord Blood Donation Program The Brady Kohn Foundation Umbilical Cord Blood Program Grand Kick Off with St. Francis Hospital and Community Blood Services LOCATION: St. Francis Hospital Auditorium, Medical Office Building DATE: Monday, June 22, 2009 TIME: 11:00 a.m.
St. Francis Hospital announces its partnership with The Brady Kohn Foundation and Community Blood Services.
All women giving birth at St. Francis Hospital will have the opportunity to donate their baby's lifesaving umbilical cord blood for FREE!
Come join St. Francis Hospital, The Brady Kohn Foundation and Community Blood Services in announcing this important program. Come meet the medical professionals that made this program possible, and Congressman Michael Castle, to hear what they are saying about this lifesaving resource, as well as to meet mothers and babies who have donated.
Fact: Umbilical Cord Blood is rich in non-controversial stem cells which can be used to successfully treat more than 70 life-threatening diseases, including many types of cancers and blood disorders.
Fact: Umbilical Cord Blood is a byproduct of birth that is usually discarded. Donation is harmless to the mother and baby and is completely painless.
Fact: St. Francis Hospital births approximately one thousand babies a year.
