Student is 3,000th bone marrow donor

The nation’s 3,000th bone marrow donor Kim Ji-in (center)
poses for a photo

A local university student has become the 3,000th bone marrow donor in the country.

Kim Ji-in, 21, a police administration major at Dongshin University, recently donated bone marrow to a child ill with leukemia, and became the 3,000th bone marrow donor in the country, according to Korea Marrow Donor Program last week.

“I didn’t have enough preparation time because I was about to take the police recruitment exam, but I couldn’t delay the help a child needs desperately from me,” said Kim.

Her decision came after she found out her bone marrow matched with a child with leukemia. She had registered as an bone marrow donation aspirant during a bone marrow donation campaign held on campus in June 2010.

Source: koreaherald.com