Appeal for blood donors (From Runcorn and Widnes World)
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Save lives and give blood
8:10am Friday 7th September 2012 in News By Barbara Jordan
SAVE lives and give blood is the message as a busy summer of sport comes to a close.
NHS Blood and Transplant is reminding blood donors and those thinking about giving blood for the first time to donate to continue to keep stocks healthy.
Barbara Blanche, lead donor relations manager for NHSBT, said: “We are so grateful to all the donors who helped us over a very busy summer.
“Now we need people to keep giving, or come and donate for the first time, so that we can ensure that stocks remain at a health levels.
“With every donation potentially saving three lives, you really can make an amazing contribution by giving blood.”
A blood donor session will be held at The Foundry, Lugsdale Road, Widnes, on Thursday, September 20, from 10.30am-12.30pm and 2.30pm-4.30pm.
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Comments(2)
Danny Haszard
says...
6:02pm Thu 13 Sep 12
I was a non-donating Jehovah's Witness for 33 years and now a regular Red Cross blood donor with my 'blood buddy' girlfriend.
Jehovah's Witnesses blood transfusion confusion
Jehovah's Witnesses take blood products now in 2012.
They take all fractions of blood.This includes hemoglobin, albumin, clotting factors, cryosupernatant and cryo-poor too, and many, many, others.
If one adds up all the blood fractions the JWs takes, it equals a whole unit of blood. Any, many of these fractions are made from thousands upon thousands of units of donated blood.
Jehovah's Witnesses now accept every fraction of blood except the membrane of the red blood cell.
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Danny Haszard
Runcorngeek says...
11:27am Fri 7 Sep 12