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Stem cell donors sought in Chinese community
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Two years ago, our blog introduced you to Ms Carolyn Tam, a leukemia patient who was in desperate need to find a matching stem cell donor. We are very sad to inform our readers that Ms Tam lost her battle to leukemia last year. This weekend, there is an effort to seek donors in the Chinese Canadian...
Caucasians: 82%… Chinese-Canadians: 2%
The Chinese Canadian community is often be heard whining about being under represented here, there and where ever. The UGLY Chinese Canadian blog has often written about the lack of Chinese Canadian participation in bone marrow, organ donor registration and other health issue initiatives within this community. But there are some chinks of hope breaking through the...
Killer deported
After a lengthy and wearing trial, the upper court of Canada has finally upheld the deportation, the second of two street car racing morons who smashed into a woman who had been out for an evening walk. The two street car racers apparently tore down a Vancouver street, drove onto a sidewalk, struck the woman… then,...
Vancouver will miss Don Lee …
It is with great sadness, to inform fellow Vancouverites the news that we’ve lost another respected son of our City. Don Lee was a former City of Vancouver Councillor, and was a current School Board Trustee. He was also a former high school teacher. Don was my old Math teacher, and kept in touch with me –...
Carolyn Tam + matching stem cell
Carolyn Tam is a leukemia patient in desperate need to find a matching stem cell donor. To help, please register as a bone marrow donor with the Canadian Blood Services at www.onematch.ca and spread the message to get more people to register. The donation procedure is non-surgical. Visit www.SaveCarolyn.com for more information about Carolyn. __________________________________________________________________ traditionally, this has been difficult...
Brandy’s Boobs: The Last Hurrah
The Ugly Chinese Canadian’s friend, Thirty-two-year-old Brandy Lien Worrall is bidding her boobs adieu on April 15th, when she gets a double mastectomy. All this because of breast cancer. If you’re near Vancouver, come help Brandy pay tribute to her boobs and hear about her battle with breast cancer. Brandy will make her boobs available for copping...
Bone Marrow match urgently sought
Through the electronic world of blogs and websites, I’ve recently discovered a new relative, and I was requested by her to urgently send out this call for help. Her cousin had been diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and is now fighting for his life. All we can do is to put out this plea, and to...
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