Blood Donations
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What’s your view on blood donation?
In this episode, we talk about the importance of committing to donate blood to save lives.
Did you know that blood transfusion in itself has now made childbirth 300 times safer than it was before? It has also saved those in dire need of a transfusion, especially in lower-income countries, with most of them being children under the age of 5 years.
Blood is really needed, especially by cancer patients with the number increasing each year. Blood donation is a quick process that only takes 15 minutes.
According to research conducted by the medical center at the University of Maryland, there are reasons why 38% of Americans are eligible to donate blood, but only 2% donate. These reasons include; fear of needles, people say they’re too busy, people don’t want to donate more than once, people are afraid of putting their health on the line, and people think they’re too old or too young.
Let’s stop the blood donation stigma and make donate blood a routine.
If you’re healthy enough, go out there and donate blood, you never know how many people you’ll be saving.
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