Love and courage in China: doctor’s marrow donation saves stranger, artist loves ‘big white’ volunteers, woman travels 800km to give son food
- A doctor in China donates his bone marrow to save the life of a 21-year-old woman he does not know with a blood disease
- An artist creates ‘big white’ figurines to honour Covid volunteers, a familiar sight in their white hazmat suits
A doctor in eastern China has donated his bone marrow to save the life of a 21-year-old woman with a blood disease.
The 49-year-old doctor, Lu Simeng, a clinical laboratory doctor from Huaian in Jiangsu, eastern China, is one of the first hematopoietic stem cell donation volunteers in the city. He registered to become a donor back in 2006, Jiangsu TV reported.
Last year, he was informed that he was a suitable match for a patient with a blood disease. However, he could not donate his marrow immediately as he had recently undergone kidney surgery.
After the surgery, he exercised a lot to recover his health as quickly as possible for the bone marrow donation at the beginning of this month.
“As a doctor, I know that marrow donation will not do any damage to my body. For patients, marrow donation is a life extension,” Lu said. “I wish to spread this message of love to the public.”
Woman loves the ‘big white’ volunteers
A woman in central China has created “big white” art figurines to honour Covid volunteers.
On the mainland, Covid volunteers are often affectionately called “big white” for the easily spotted white hazmat suits they have to wear.