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SANBS members Maryke Harris, Elize van Zyl and Nina van Wyk to gether with DC Porter, showing that your blood is needed this Festive Season to help save lifes! Photo: HEILIE COMBRINCK
Your blood is the best gift this festive season
HEILIE COMBRINCK
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oney can’t buy it and science can’t create it, but you can give it! Share in the spirit of giving this festive season and give something amazing – some of your blood. The festive season is synonymous with blood shortages and the South African National Blood Service is appealing to the public to add blood
donation to their to-do list, before going on holiday. “Every year, the blood service has to impose cut-backs during the festive season, which essentially means that fewer units are issued than requested by doctors. This is necessary in order to preserve blood stocks during this challenging time and to have enough blood to treat patients during emergency situations,” said Maryke Harris, Public Relations Practitioner SANBS, Port Elizabeth Branch. There are so many people for whom blood donations are a life-
line. One such person is 13 year old Uitenhage resident and Grey College scholar, DC Porter, who has hemophilia which means he bleeds seven times longer than any other person. “On the lower scale, I twist my ankle and I get a massive hematoma and have pain walking. “On the upper scale I fall on my head, get a brain bleed and could be paralysed or die” said DC Porter during a recently held SANBS media function. “Luckily, there is a very effective treatment. I can get an intravenous
injection of Factor VIII. This is a blood by-product form pooled plasma derived from blood donations. It ensures that I can have a normal and adventure-filled life. “So, remember next time you donate blood - not only are you saving a life - you are giving people like me a life to live!” This is clear that someone is relying on your willingness to give of yourself, of your time, of your blood in order for them to celebrate another festive season or for some, just another day. According to Harris, South Afri-
can statistics show that a blood transfusion takes place every 39 seconds.
)Visit the Uitenhage Blood Donor Centre in Billson Street. )During December, daily blood drives will be held at The Bridge Shopping Centre in the Game promotional court from 09:00-17:00 and on Saturdays from 09:00-14:00. Other donor centres open to the public include PE Donor Centre in Mount Croix, Walker Drive Donor Centre in Sherwood and Cleary Park Donor Centre.
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