by Mariam Issimdar – BBC –
A mother who donated umbilical cord blood after giving birth has described how her own daughter’s life was saved by a similar donation just a few years later.
Natasha Kirkpatrick donated her daughter Ellaria’s cord blood when she was born in 2017 at Luton and Dunstable University Hospital.
In 2022, Ellaria herself needed a cord blood donation to treat blood cancer. Her mum said without the donation her daughter “would not be here”.
