Earlier, it was a usual practice to throw the Umbilical cord after birth as a medical waste but now the advanced medical therapies suggest making use of this small amount of blood to cure more than 70 diseases, including Leukemia, sickle cell anemia as well as other blood diseases. Consequently, as an attempt to increase its availability Florida Hospital in collaboration with CORD: USE, a leader in cord blood banking has decided polices to encourage expecting mothers to donate their umbilical cord blood for no charge.

Additionally, a lawn under the Florida Hospital's Walt Disney Pavilion will witness the launch of a new program to bank umbilical-cord blood which is aimed to donate their cord blood, after delivery, which is believed to be rich in stem cells, the versatile cells that can be developed into other types of cells.

Mother who avail the services of Florida Hospital will be offered four options where her cord blood could be donated to a public bank for storage until a sick patient needs it, for scientific research work, to be stored privately with CORD: USE and made them available for her own family as a biological insurance, with service charges $2,020 initially and $125 annually, and finally can also dispose the cord.