Watch: Urgent appeal for blood donors to step up and help avoid a crisis
Birch Acres resident Kobie van Eck became a donor in the '90s and although he took a break for a while, he has been back at it for the past four years.
December is a difficult time for the SANBS, with limited access to corporate blood drives and the availability of donors impacting on the ability to collect the minimum of 3 500 units of blood a day that is needed to treat patients.
Also read: SANBS issues urgent appeal for blood donations
Birch Acres resident Kobie van Eck became a donor in the ’90s and although he took a break for a while, he has been back at it for the past four years.
“It is a commitment that you make to help someone else out there even though you don’t know them. I enjoy donating at the Kempton Park SANBS centre as the staff are friendly, professional and quick. I am like family; it feels good to be able to help save someone’s life,” said van Eck.
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Our blood stocks are critically low. Help us avoid another national crisis by donating blood today! pic.twitter.com/Z5SmhvJx38
— The SANBS (@theSANBS) November 28, 2020
If you're healthy and able please donate blood. @theSANBS save lives with your donation of blood. If you are in a position to do so, there are so many points in shopping centres and clinics nationwide.
It's the gift of life. Please give blood.#YoungBlood ♥️ pic.twitter.com/JrE6nEJHCq
— CATHERINE CONSTANTINIDES (@ChangeAgentSA) December 7, 2020
