Donate blood and save lives

The woman giving birth, a cancer patient, a man undergoing open heart surgery or the Christmas long weekend road accident victim – these are the types of people who may be in desperate need of your blood donation this festive season.

This is why the South African National Blood Service appeals to donors to visit the Richards Bay Blood Centre at the Boardwalk Inkwazi Shopping Centre and donate their pint of blood.

South Africa’s blood stock is currently desperately low, and this places a risk on all those in need of blood.

‘Our national blood supply is currently at just 2.1 days,’ said Sifiso Khoza, SANBS Regional Marketing Manager.

‘The situation is critical. We need South Africans, active donors, lapsed donors and potential donors to stand together right now to bolster the national blood stock.

‘The Christmas period when many drive long distances and road accidents increase, places additional pressure on the national blood supply, but these incidents of trauma make up only a fraction of the demand for blood.

‘By far the greatest proportion of blood is required for other situations, such as in childbirth and for cancer patients.

‘So many people in life-threatening situations urgently require blood.

‘That is the point: it is not just blood, it is about saving people’s lives through a simple, easy donation, ‘ says Khoza.

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