GAC Jordan launches service to package and deliver baby cord samples

Jordan, 25 January 2010: GAC Jordan has launched a specialist service in partnership with BabyCord Jordan to package umbilical cord blood for delivery and storage to medical institutions and hospitals in Europe, the USA and Canada.

BabyCord Jordan aims to protect the health of new born babies and their families by storing umbilical cord stem cells for possible future use to combat disease or to treat medical conditions through its Cord Blood Banking Services. Research shows that stem cells found in umbilical cord blood represent building blocks for the immune systems and can be used to deal with a wide range of medical conditions, including cancer and leukemia. It is also a simpler alternative to using bone marrow in cases where a transplant is required.

Safe & secure
As part of its new specialist service, GAC Jordan ensures the safe and secure shipping of blood to the storage facility.

Logistics Manager Amjad Nasser says: “This highly specialised and sophisticated service requires expert technicians, 24/7 customer service as well as regular follow up and coordination with mothers as well as hospitals in Jordan and overseas before and after the baby’s delivery.”

On the day the baby is delivered, a GAC technical staff will be at the hospital to handle the specialised packing of the baby cord samples and necessary documentation. The package is then dispatched immediately via special express service to state-of-art facilities in Europe or North America, where the sample will be processed and stored under strict guidelines for up to 20 years.