August 2007

Blood Donations Save Lives

by Somayya Gefori

I am now a regular blood donor, after recently donating blood for the second time.

In the UK, there is a blood donation service called NBS (National Blood Service), which is part of the NHS blood and organ transplants, (National Health Service). NBS collect donated blood all over the country, by organising donation sessions, usually in community centres. These are voluntary and donors are not paid. That’s what makes it a charity, it is clearly done out of the goodness of people’s hearts. Blood donors are urged to donate up to three times a year, with at least a 16-week gap in between each donation so that the blood and cells can regenerate.

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