UM Hospital Blood Bank Needs A and O Blood Donors
I received this SMS message this week from a medical officer at the University of Malaya Medical Center (UMMC) a few days back:
Hi dear donor! This is medical officer from university hospital ppum. We are very short of o and A.Pls come n donate at blood bank ppum uh. Mon to fri 8am to 5pm. Sat 8am to 12.30pm. Enquiry pls call 0379492706 reception. Tq very much for ur help.
I found out today that this message was sent by Dr. Maung from the Department of Medical Transfusion. The nurse who chatted with me while I was waiting for my blood to be collected told me that the SMS campaign successfully increased the number of donors by up to 100% on some days. However, blood reserves for blood types A and O are still insufficient, and more donors are still needed at this time.
If you are healthy and in reasonably good shape, please do consider giving some blood to the blood bank. The stored blood is usually used for accident or emergency cases where loss of blood has occurred, as well as in some major operations.
For first timers, you may be interested to read my post on blood donation(with pics!) from earlier on. Additional information can be obtained from the UMMC Blood Donation page. It’s generally quite a painless and safe process. And to top it off? You may just be saving someone’s life.
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