Xechem International Inc. (fka XKEM)

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I wonder if XKEM could approach this charitable foundation.


Shands sickle cell program gets $1.1M donation
Jacksonville Business Journal - September 7, 2006

The Lucy Gooding Charitable Foundation Trust has donated $1.1 million to Shands Jacksonville for its pediatric sickle cell treatment program.

The donation will fund a new adolescent-adult transition program and a pediatric neuropsychological support program.


The transition program will allow patients age 21-25 to continue to receive treatment at the center. Patients had been seen only until age 21.

The gift will also fund neuropsychological testing for sickle cell patients, 10 percent of whom suffer strokes. The testing will allow doctors to evaluate these patients cognitive levels.

Shands is also hosting an annual Walk-a-thon in tandem with the Northeast Florida Sickle Cell Disease Association Sept. 16.

Sickle cell is an inherited disease that affects the red blood cells. More than 70,000 people are estimated to have the disease in the U.S.