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Han Bing, born in 1977, a taxi driver of Wanquanyuan Taxi Company in Beijing, is a regular donor of "panda blood", or Rh negative blood, a very rare blood type in China.
He has served in the army for four years, at which time he found that his blood type was Rh negative and started to donate. By the time he retired from military service, he had donated blood six times and given 2,400 ml.
In 2001, he joined the non-profit organization "Community of Panda Blood" as a stand-by donor. The group is dedicated to collecting "panda blood" for those who desperately need it. Over the past decade, Han Bing has donated blood over 50 times, reaching a total of 5,000 ml.
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Han Bin at a donation center in Beijing. [Photos/bjby.bjwmb.gov.cn] |
One day in November 2013, Han Bing got a call from the community that a little girl suffering from acute non-lymphocytic leukemia (ANLL) was in dire need of Rh-negative blood type O as her blood platelets had decreased dramatically after chemotherapy.
Han then went to the local donation center to donate without any delay. The little girl, named Xue Lian, was found to have ANLL in August and was transferred to the pediatrics department of Peking University People’s Hospital in Beijing for chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant after three months of treatment in Jiangsu province.
In order to ensure her potential need for blood during treatment, Han Bing promised he would donate as long as he was in good health.
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| Han Bin and Xue Lian |
Han Bing has donated blood platelets nine times, reaching a total of 2,340 ml, since last November.
"Thanks to Han Bin, my daughter has a second chance to live," said Xue Lian’s father.
To date, Xue Lian has successfully received a bone marrow transplant and passed the rejection period.
