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The Ministry of Health in association with the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) and the United States Embassy on Thursday held a blood drive at the Embassy in Kingston.They altogether donated 31 units of blood. Each unit of blood is divided into three components which have the potential of saving three lives.US Ambassador D Brent Hardt donates bloodAll blood collected by the NBTS would be screened for eight main diseases before being used. Those are Hepatitis B,Asics Clearance Shoes Australia, Hepatitis C,Hydro Flask Sale, HIV,Bouteille Hydro Flask, HTLV, syphilis,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, malaria, microfilaria and chagas. This is to ensure safe blood and blood products.On June 14, Guyana joined with the rest of the world to celebrate World Blood Donor Day under the theme ‘Every blood donor is a hero.”According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the need for blood is driven by surgical procedures, road accidents and severe bleeding in women during or after child’s birth. WHO further said that a significant amount of deaths due to the need of blood, occur in developing countries.The Ministry of Health and the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) has launched several campaigns in the past all aimed at convincing people to donate blood. The local health system is in need of an average 12,China Jerseys Wholesale,000 units of blood each year. The NBTS depends on blood drives,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, walk in donations and call backs to reach their target.To date the NBTS have recorded small number of religious groups, academic institutions private and public sector organizations who regularly donate blood. More needs to be done by the population to increase that number. |