Atrium Health provides simple, life-saving cord blood donations to new mothers Adam Thompson/ Jul 24, 2019 Jul 24, 2019 Updated Aug 11, 2019 0 The Helms family donated cord blood after the birth of children – Julianne and Jefferson – at Atrium Health NorthEast in Concord. Photo by Helms family Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Adam Thompson/ CONCORD – Doctors call it the baby’s first good deed.kAm&>3:=:42= 4@C5 3=@@5 5@?2E:@?D 7C@> ?6H3@C?D 2C6 36:?8 FD65 E@ EC62E A6@A=6 H9@ 92G6 5:D62D6D 2?5 ?665 3=@@5 EC2?D7FD:@?D]k^AmkAm$2C29 w6=>D[ 2 z2??2A@=:D C6D:56?E[ 5@?2E65 4@C5 3=@@5 27E6C 8:G:?8 3:CE9 E@ 96C EH@ 49:=5C6? – yF=:2??6 2?5 y6776CD@? – 2E pEC:F> w62=E9VD r2C@=:?2D w62=E9r2C6 $JDE6> }@CE9t2DE :? r@?4@C5]k^AmkAm$96 =62C?65 >@C6 23@FE 4@C5 3=@@5 5@?2E:@?D H9:=6 D96 H2D :? 96C 7:CDE 49:=5\3:CE9 4=2DD]k^Am The Jeff Gordon Children’s Foundation gave a sizeable grant to launch the cord blood program at Atrium Health NorthEast in 2012. 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