Donate your blood and save a life today
A unit of blood can save up to three lives, as blood is separated into red blood cells, plasma and platelets
The festive season is around the corner and the Ladysmith Blood Donor Clinic is appealing to the community to please donate blood.
Why should you donate?
Donating a unit of this “precious gift of life” saves lives of those in dire need of blood. One must develop a habit of donating blood in order for the South African National Blood Service (SANBS) to collect sufficient blood that will ensure that in cases of emergency, quality blood is always available.
Thousands of patients would die daily if there was insufficient quality blood in stock. When one donates blood, one gives patients the gift money cannot buy and science cannot create. A unit of blood can save up to three lives, as blood is separated into red blood cells, plasma and platelets.
Who needs blood?
Women haemorrhaging due to pregnancy complications and other gynecological complications; premature babies; children with severe anaemia; accident trauma patients; and surgical and cancer patients.
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