World cord blood day 2022

November 15 is world cord blood day. In 1988, the first cord blood transplant was performed. To date there have been over 35,000 cord blood transplants worldwide.

Saving your baby’s cord blood is an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to capture the powerful stem cells that could help protect your baby’s health in the future.

Cord blood banking involves collecting the blood from your newborn baby’s umbilical cord in a safe and painless process that usually takes less than 5 minutes which is done right after birth and once the umbilical cord is cut. The cord blood sample is then sent to the laboratory, undergoes processing and then frozen in cryogenic storage tanks for long-term preservation of 25 years and more.

Iranian Hospital provides this exclusive service to all expecting parents at an exception rate. The expecting mother needs to be booked by the Obstetric/Gynecology department and must use the delivery services of the Iranian Hospital.

Learn what can your baby’s umbilical cord blood stem cells do for your family from this infographic video.