Sydney’s turn to try to save a life
December 2, 2009 by Henry Benjamin
Read on for article
Melbourne paediatrician Les Markman is dying from leukaemia and his only hope for survival is a blood/stem cell/bone marrow transfusion from a suitable donor. The odds? 10,000-1.
Two campaigns held over the last ten days in Melbourne have proved negative and now Shula Endrey-Walder’s Gift of Life Organisation has launched a world-wide search to save the life of the 64-year-old doctor who himself has saved countless children from death.
The Sydney drive will be held this coming Sunday at Our Big Kitchen at 36 Flood St in Bondi. All healthy adults between 18 & 50 are urged to to have a simple blood test taken. The odds favour a Jewish donor.
All details are below…..
Maybe you are the one in 10,000.
I have posted a link to this story on my Leukaemia Blog page.I may be in the UK, but bone marrow banks can span the world.You never know 🙂
Best wishes in your fight with this illness.Andy Ward (aged 43 Chronic Leukaemia patient).