Earlier this week, Luxembourg’s Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume was leading by example and donated blood at the Red Cross Blood Transfusion Centre. Red Cross Luxembourg launched an appeal for blood donation in March to prevent blood shortages during the pandemic. The association stressed that one blood donation can help up
Jenn Lanteigne grew up watching her mother donate blood at the donor centre in Kitchener, Ont. While her mother was donating, young Jenn would wait while on her best behaviour for the cookies they’d enjoy together afterward. Later, she accompanied her sister to blood donation appointments as well. But those
A police constable from the Local Arms Division came forward as a saviour of a 14-year-old girl who urgently wanted A+ve blood for her open heart surgery at Hinduja Hospital on Wednesday. Read Full Article
Air Force veteran Patrick Bright, 55, a police officer with the Pentagon Force Protection Agency, nearly died from COVID-19. Then he received a new treatment. Bright was hospitalized at MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital on March 23. His health quickly deteriorated, and four days later he was flown to MedStar Georgetown
As a child, Marta Calhoun was often sick. She still remembers weekly visits to a doctor’s office, where she’d get a penicillin shot. As a teacher, the Fremont woman never seemed to develop the same immunities as her fellow instructors. She’d battle illness throughout the school year. “I would catch
