New nurse in Ladysmith wants your blood
She tells the Ladysmith Gazette that she loves the local community, as people are very friendly and helpful
39-year-old Khanysile Langa is a new South African National Blood Service (SANBS) nurse in town.
Born and raised in Newcastle, she studied for a diploma in Nursing and qualified in her field.
Khanysile worked at Addington Hospital in Durban for eight years before moving to Saudi Arabia, where she worked for two years. She enjoyed the experience gained and the friends she made there. She then worked at the Medi-Clinic in Newcastle for a short period of time and recently moved to Ladysmith.
She tells the Ladysmith Gazette that she loves the local community, as people are very friendly and helpful.
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Khanysile is waiting to collect your blood at the Blood Donor Clinic at San Marco Centre, so make sure you know her face when you pay them a visit. She loves her job, especially being able to interact with different kinds of people on a daily basis, and finds it rewarding to know that every pint of blood will save someone’s life.
The clinic would like to let the community know that on June 14, countries around the world celebrate ‘World Blood Donor Day’ (WBDD).
The event serves to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products, and to thank blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood.
Blood is an important resource, both for planned treatments and urgent interventions. It can help patients suffering from life-threatening conditions live longer and with a higher quality of life, and supports complex medical and surgical procedures.
Blood is also vital for treating the wounded during emergencies of all kinds (natural disasters, accidents, armed conflicts, etc) and has an essential, life-saving role in maternal and perinatal care.
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