BAGUIO CITY(PIA) -- The Philippine Red Cross Baguio Chapter and the Department of Health- and express their gratitude to the blood donors, health workers, volunteer and stakeholders who continue to support voluntary blood donation in order to have sufficient supply for patients needing blood transfusion.
"We would like to thank the kind hearted blood donors and we hope to have more people like them," said Medical technologist Jennelyn M. Maguslog-Terre of the PRC.
In the latest bloodletting activity during the commemoration of World Blood Donor Day on June 14 at the Porta Vaga roof deck, Baguio City, 65 donors donated a total of 29,250 ml of blood.
Maguslog-Terre said the blood collected will definitely save lives. Blood donations are a sustenance in emergencies, disasters, crises, and for people who need transfusions.
She shared that they receive a lot of demand for blood but they cannot provide the request because there is no stock in the blood bank. Thus, she is inviting walk-in blood givers to visit PRC office which is open 24 hours.
Based on the Red Cross guidelines on donating blood, anybody 18 to 65 years old, with clean bill of health and weighs at least 110 pounds or 50 kilos can donate blood. It only takes ten minutes for a person to donate 450 cc of blood.
She clarified that PRC is not selling blood; what is being charged when patients get blood from its blood bank is service fee for blood screening, testing and component preparation.
Aside from doing a humanitarian act, donating blood regularly also benefits the blood donor.
