Making a donation Mula, is saving lives: a Cafayatea, the first donor of jumps

SALTA (Redaccin) From the Ministry of Public Health in Salta, the community is invited to learn about bone marrow donation in order to decide to become a donor of hematopoietic progenitor cells. The procedure is not risky for the donor and only occurs when there is 100% compatibility with the recipient . Cafayate A 21-year-old woman who became the first person to donate a mula will be December 21.

First of all, we must clarify that the marrow is not the spinal cord, but rather a small amount of medullary blood from the back of the hip bone. Its extraction is done with a small syringe and using anesthesia, so it does not involve any risk for the donor, who can quickly return to his daily life.

Donors in Argentina have a national registry of hematopoietic progenitor cell donors, under the auspices of the Ministry of Health of the Nation, part of an international network that brings together more than 23 million volunteers registered. Each volunteer is identified in the national system and by a barcode in the international network.

The only requirements to be a donor are between 18 and 55 years old, weigh at least 50 kg and give a small amount of blood to determine the genetic data that will be incorporated into the national registry database. In the case of 100% compatibility, the donation will be effective only with the consent of the donor, who will take care of all subsequent expenses.

In our province, a 21-year-old woman, originally from Cafayate, became the 21st last December in the first saltea that concretizes a gift of mula est, whose recipient was a patient patient of 35 years old. Spain, diagnosed with leukemia. Like her, anyone can start the process at the regional hemotherapy center, Bolvar 687, from Monday to Friday from 7 to 17 and on Saturdays, from 7 to 12.