Posts Tagged ‘Cord’
Cordlife faces S$5.45 million civil claim from clients over damaged cord blood units
[SINGAPORE] Cordlife Group is facing claims of at least S$5.45 million in damages from clients who stored 109 cord blood units (CBUs) with the company. In a bourse filing on Tuesday (Dec 2), the cord blood bank said it was notified on Dec 1 of the filing of the originating application in the courts, by…
Read MoreMOH orders Cordlife to stop collecting new cord blood in fresh blow to company
[SINGAPORE] Embattled cord-blood bank Cordlife received a notice from the Ministry of Health (MOH) to stop collecting, testing, processing and/or storing new cord blood, effective Wednesday (Nov 26). This means that the group has been suspended from collecting new cord blood units (CBUs). Cordlife will only be permitted to store existing CBUs, while performing limited…
Read MoreMOH orders Cordlife to stop collecting cord blood; company calls for trading halt
[SINGAPORE] Embattled cord-blood bank Cordlife received a notice from the Ministry of Health (MOH) to stop collecting, testing, processing and/or storing new cord blood, effective Wednesday (Nov 26). This means that the group has been suspended from collecting new cord-blood units (CBUs). Cordlife will be permitted only to store existing CBUs, while performing limited actions…
Read MoreCordlife served two letters of demand from customers linked to prior claims of loss and damage from cord blood units storage
At this juncture, the company is unable to determine the exact financial impact of the claims [SINGAPORE] Cordlife received two letters of demand on March 28, with regard to prior claims alleging loss and damage from cord blood units storage. The clients, whose cord blood units are stored with Cordlife, fall under two categories. One…
Read MoreSHOCKING! American Woman Kills Newborn Baby after Throwing Her Out of Paris Hotel Window with Umbilical Cord Attached
A newborn tragically died after an American tourist allegedly threw the infant out of a hotel window shortly after giving birth, according to local police. Authorities said that the 18-year-old mother allegedly threw the baby from the second floor of an Ibis Styles hotel, with the umbilical cord still attached. Emergency responders rushed the infant…
Read MoreInjuries from SIA’s turbulence-hit flight include brain trauma, spinal cord damage
PASSENGERS on board the Singapore Airlines flight that encountered severe turbulence in the skies over Asia suffered traumatic harm ranging from the spinal cord to skull and brain injuries, a Thai hospital has revealed. Medics are still treating a wide-range of injuries, including some severe ones, but none are life threatening, Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital director…
Read MoreCordlife says 5,300 cord blood units deemed to be at high risk, offers refund and fee waiver
CORD-BLOOD bank Cordlife Group : P8A 0% on Monday (Apr 8) said one storage tank – of the six cryogenic storage tanks deemed under investigation by the Ministry of Health (MOH) – and a dry shipper are at high risk of being adversely affected by the temperature excursions. Cordlife said its cord blood processing and…
Read MoreCordlife says another 5,300 cord blood units deemed to be at high risk, offers refund and fee waiver
CORD-BLOOD bank Cordlife Group : P8A 0% on Monday (Apr 8) said one storage tank – of the six cryogenic storage tanks deemed under investigation by the Ministry of Health (MOH) – and a dry shipper are at high risk of being adversely affected by the temperature excursions. Cordlife said its cord blood processing and…
Read MoreCutting the cord?: The events leading up to Cordlife’s MOH suspension and arrests of its directors, former group CEO
Dec 10, 2023: Cordlife responds to queries from Singapore Exchange Regulation about the lack of announcements about the temperature breaches and process lapses. Dec 13, 2023: Cordlife accepts MOH’s notice and says it will not be making written representations. Dec 15, 2023: Cordlife’s six-month suspension begins. Jan 10, 2024: In response to questions in Parliament,…
Read MoreParalyzing Injury to a Healthcare-Changing Mission: How NeuroHope is Transforming Spinal Cord Injury Care
NeuroHope NeuroHope Chris Leeuw is a powerful example of how personal tragedy can inspire positive change. A life-changing spinal cord injury in a 2010 swimming accident initially left him paralyzed from the neck down. At the age of 28, Chris was thrown into the terrifying world of quadriplegia, the mental and physical struggles of paralysis,…
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