Yesi Sevilla, director of LifeCord, presents staff members at Northeast Georgia Medical Center with a special plaque honoring their efforts to increase cord blood donations to help others in need.
GAINESVILLE - When mothers deliver at Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC), they have the opportunity to participate in mutual miracles: giving birth and providing life-saving blood to someone in need. <br />
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At a noontime ceremony at the hospital Friday, LifeCord Cord Blood Bank recognized NGMC for its life-saving efforts to provide cord blood to patients fighting life threatening diseases around the world. LifeCord has shipped six units for transplant that were collected by the staff at NGMC. <br />
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The celebration included a plaque unveiling and recognition of the hospital and staff's efforts to collect a record 1,311 donations for the year
