Community June 06, 2011
Drive to register bone marrow donors a success
Yale-New Haven Hospital recently partnered with the Rhode Island Blood Center’s Be The Match Marrow Donor Program and held a successful registration drive for bone marrow donors, adding almost 300 names to a national list of names. More than 315 participated in the drive held in the East Pavilion special events area.
It is estimated that YNHH this year will treat 50 patients who need a bone marrow transplant — many of whom will have to use the registry because they could not find a compatible family match. Shown at the recent drive are, from left: patient volunteer Peter Montesano; Susan Faraone, RN, Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant coordinator; patient volunteer Eugenio Altomare; and Debbie Klotzer, executive assistant, Cancer Network.
