Donate blood and save a life! Davis Campus will be hosting a blood donor clinic on site in the main gym on Wednesday, October 8 from 11 am – 3pm.
Who Needs Blood?
Approximately every minute of every day, someone in Canada needs blood. In fact, according to a recent poll, 52 per cent of Canadians say they, or a family member, have needed blood or blood products for surgery or for medical treatment.
The good news is that one blood donation – in just one hour – can save a life.
From a recent news release from Canadian Blood Services:
Blood inventory in critical condition
Canadian Blood Services launches urgent appeal for blood donors
Canadian Blood Services is appealing to all eligible donors to make a blood donation immediately to increase Canada’s critically low blood inventory. All blood donors are needed, in particular those with type O and A blood.
“Without the help of Canadians we may have difficulty meeting the expected hospital demand across the country. For patients, this may mean deferring elective or routine treatments,” says Mark Donnison, Canadian Blood Services vice-president of donor relations. “We are committed to doing everything that we can to bring new blood donors into the system and encourage current donors to regularly donate to ensure we don’t find ourselves in the same situation in the future.”
In recent months extremely low attendance at blood donor clinics across Canada in combination with the constant need for blood has caused the national inventory to be used faster than it can be replenished. This has created the lowest national blood inventory since 2008.
Please come out and donate. If you can’t make it on Oct. 8, please book an appointment at another clinic near you. Clinics can be found at www.blood.ca.
