Suncheonhyang University Seoul Hospital Major Donates Hematopoietic Cells to Leukemia Patients...I'm proud of my life-saving work
Sep 23, 2025
It is known that Kim Joon-woo (Orthopedic Surgery) of Soon Chun Hyang University Seoul Hospital recently donated hematopoietic stem cells to an unknown leukemia patient to give him a new life. Even in the face of difficulties in the medical community, such as the parliamentary crisis, it practiced sharing life.
Hematopoietic stem cells are mother cells that make white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets, and are the only treatments that can be cured for patients suffering from blood diseases such as leukemia and regenerative anemia. However, finding donors is not easy because the probability of matching histocompatibility antigen (HLA) between donor and patient is very low.
Kim's beautiful sharing was not a coincidence. In 2021, when he was a fourth-year medical student at Soonchunhyang University School of Medicine, he saw patients suffering during oncology practice and signed a registration document for the donation of hematopoietic stem cells with the desire to help patients a little.
Four years after registration, in July this year, the hematopoietic stem cell bank contacted me that there was a patient with a matching genotype, and Kim returned to hospital after visiting a transplant institution and completing all donation procedures, including tests.
Medical doctor Kim thought that donating hematopoietic stem cells was meaningful in presenting a new life to patients""I am so happy to participate in saving lives as a doctor with the spirit of Soonchunhyang of human love and respect for life. "
Hematopoietic stem cells are mother cells that make white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets, and are the only treatments that can be cured for patients suffering from blood diseases such as leukemia and regenerative anemia. However, finding donors is not easy because the probability of matching histocompatibility antigen (HLA) between donor and patient is very low.
Kim's beautiful sharing was not a coincidence. In 2021, when he was a fourth-year medical student at Soonchunhyang University School of Medicine, he saw patients suffering during oncology practice and signed a registration document for the donation of hematopoietic stem cells with the desire to help patients a little.
Four years after registration, in July this year, the hematopoietic stem cell bank contacted me that there was a patient with a matching genotype, and Kim returned to hospital after visiting a transplant institution and completing all donation procedures, including tests.
Medical doctor Kim thought that donating hematopoietic stem cells was meaningful in presenting a new life to patients""I am so happy to participate in saving lives as a doctor with the spirit of Soonchunhyang of human love and respect for life. "
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
