Blood Donation!
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Saturday, October 24, 2009
Guys, sorry for the wrong info in the previous post. " P/S: Mexican Food is coming up next. "
Had a sudden change and went out with friends last night so I'll have to postpone to next few post for it.
ALright, this morning. 24th of Oct 2009. I am going to donate some blood of mine. This is my first time ever. I'm still underage actually. 6days underage but I think I'm ready for it.
Benefits and incentives
The World Health Organization set a goal in 1997 for all blood donations to come from unpaid volunteer donors, but as of 2006, only 49 of 124 countries surveyed had established this as a standard. Plasmapheresis donors in the United States are still paid for donations. A few countries rely on paid donors to maintain an adequate supply. Some countries, such as Tanzania, have made great strides in moving towards this standard, with 20 percent of donors in 2005 being unpaid volunteers and 80 percent in 2007, but 68 of 124 countries surveyed by WHO had made little or no progress. In some countries, for example Brazil, it is against the law to receive any compensation, monetary or otherwise, for the donation of blood or other human tissues.
In patients prone to iron overload, blood donation prevents the accumulation of toxic quantities. Blood banks in the United States must label the blood if it is from a therapeutic donor, so most do not accept donations from donors with any blood disease. Others, such as the Australian Red Cross Blood Service, accept blood from donors with hemochromatosis. It is a genetic disorder that does not affect the safety of the blood. Donating blood may reduce the risk of heart disease for men, but the link has not been firmly established. Also, donating one pint of blood causes the donor to burn approximately 650 calories.
In Italy, blood donors receive the donation day as a paid holiday from work. Other incentives are sometimes added by employers, usually time off for the purposes of donating. Blood centers will also sometimes add incentives such as assurances that donors would have priority during shortages, free tshirts or other small trinkets (e.g., first aid kits, windshield scrapers, pens, etc.), or other programs such as prize drawings for donors and rewards for organizers of successful drives. Most allogeneic blood donors donate as an act of charity and do not expect to receive any direct benefit from the donation.
The above statements are extracted from wikepedia. It's just part of it. Read it if you have the time for it.
So, don't be stingy with your blood. It's good to donate from time to time. For those Kuchingites who are reading this, you're not too late for blood donation. There's a blood donation carried out by General Hospital in SIB The Way Church from 9a.m to 1p.m. It's located in the housing estate next to Premier 101.
Address: No23, Lot 2878, Lorong Kempas 1A, Taman Phoning, 93350 Kuching.
Tel: 082-579412 / 082-579276
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