South African National Blood Service urgently needs your blood
Contact Teksa Blood Service at 017 631 1652 or visit them in Horwood Street.
The South African National Blood Service (SANBS) is experiencing a critical shortage of blood because of the lack of blood drives usually held at schools and universities.
“It appears that November is going to prove to be a testing month, not just for learners and students writing their matric and other end-of-year examinations, but also for the SANBS,” said Ms Silungile Mlambo, national marketing manager of SANBS.
“There is a critical shortage of blood across South Africa, with blood stocks at just 1.5 days of group O stock, equating to 1 473 units as of 1 November.
The blood service considers it a crisis when blood stocks dip below two days of stock available.
According to Ms Mlambo, blood is critical for cancer patients and women in giving birth who constitute by far the greatest groups of people requiring blood transfusions.
“So many people in life-threatening situations require blood.
“It is what saves a haemorrhaging mother’s life, so that she can raise and love the baby she has just brought into the world.
“It is what saves someone suffering complications during major surgery.
“It is what helps cancer patients endure and survive treatment.
“And that is the point: it is not just blood; it is saving people’s lives, through a simple, easy donation.”
She urged residents to donate blood and become regular donors.
“By donating blood only four times a year, we can easily avoid situations such as the one in which we find ourselves,” said Ms Mlambo.
Contact Teksa Blood Service at 017 631 1652 or visit them in Horwood Street.
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