Donate blood and help save a life
SANBS will host a blood drive at Vegas Sports Café in Pinetown on Saturday, 20 February.
BLOOD donors are invited to support a blood drive which will be hosted by the South African National Blood Service (SANBS) at the Vegas Sports Café (81 Stapleton Road, Pinetown) on Saturday, 20 February from 9am to 3pm.
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Donor relations practitioner, Neelashan Govender said SANBS is currently facing challenges with low blood stock levels as a result of being unable to visit schools and businesses.
“Donors from Pinetown and surrounding communities are encouraged to help save lives by donating blood,” pleaded Govender
He explained that when blood is donated a single ‘whole blood’ donation may help as many as three patients.
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“Each unit of blood can be separated into it’s various components – red cells, plasma and platelets – and given to patients with different needs. What’s more a unit of blood is also used to help advance the science of blood-related medicine worldwide if it is used for research purposes. That’s because SANBS is one of the premier blood services in the world,” said Govender.
In order to donate blood, a donor has to meet the following criteria:
– Be between the ages of 16 – 65.
– Weigh over 50kg.
– Have a light meal before donating
– And most importantly, lead a sexually safe and healthy lifestyle.
Where the blood goes:
– Medical cases such as cancer treatment – 27 per cent.
– Childbirth and gynaecological cases – 26 per cent.
– Surgical cases such as cardiac surgery – 21 per cent.
– Paediatric cases such as leukaemia – 10 per cent.
– Orthopaedic cases, for example, hip replacements
– 6 per cent.
– Research/laboratory, – 6 per cent.
– Casualty such as trauma patients, – 4 per cent.
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