193 join Bone Marrow Register
A BONE marrow drive in Calverton added 193 new names to the Bone Marrow Register.
Three-year-old Roman Cusick from the village needs a bone marrow match so he can be treated for leukaemia, which returned after he was in remission for two years
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Roman Cusick
The drive at Calverton Miners' Welfare Club was the first time that the 'spit test', which uses saliva instead of a blood sample, has been used locally.
The campaign to find more bone marrow donors is backed by Ann-Marie Spence, mother of Joel Picker-Spence, six, from Farndon, who died from leukaemia in November 2008.
For more information go to www.joinforjoel.co.uk
Comments
by Dave, Newark
Friday, February 19 2010, 9:19PM
“A great turn out at Calverton despite the snow. Some people queued over an hour to join up. A big thank you to everyone who attended”