Orillia father shows gratitude to local blood donors

‘Your donations made it possible for Rosie to have a second chance at life,’ Brian Audia tells group of selfless donors at celebratory event. Brian Audia stood up in front of a room of about 200 people on Monday night with a colourful chain of beads in his hands. The …
A two-day-old newborn was in urgent need for blood. His blood group was O- which is a rare blood group. When the family of the newborn issued an appeal on social media for blood donation, a Muslim youth Ashfaq contacted the family and offered to donate blood. A woman named …
Boston Children’s Hospital will host a blood drive in honor of Quinn Waters, a 3-year-old boy from Weymouth, recently diagnosed with brain cancer. Dubbed “The Mighty Quinn” by his supporters, Quinn is battling medulloblastoma, a type of cancer found most often in the brains of young children. He was diagnosed …
Leigh Stein came to the first Pittsburgh Pirates Blood Drive of the summer to donate for her father, Daniel, who was a consistent donor at the drives for several years alongside his friend Irving Younger before both lost their lives during the Tree of Life synagogue shooting in October. While …
Last night we told you about one family’s recent tragedy. Brother-in-law of Garrett Sands, Danny Joe Smith Jr. was the victim of a near fatal wreck. He has no brain function. We learned today Smith is in the process of becoming an organ donor. Last year, Sands was shot and …
The South African National Blood Service (SANBS) and Western Cape Blood Service came together at the North Eastern Radio Flyers in Sandton to showcase how they intend to save more lives using drone technology. The Tron Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is a highly specialised aircraft that will be used to transport …
A very sick 7-year-old boy was recently admitted to a rural hospital in Ghana. He needed a transfusion of O-negative blood — and fast. Ordinarily, the staff would’ve been hard-pressed to help him in time. But that day, all they had to do was send a WhatsApp message. About 15 …
One year to the day after finding out their five-year-old son, Ethan, had leukemia, Aseem and Tracy Mahajan helped draw new donors to a blood clinic Saturday at Branlyn Community Centre. “Donating blood may not be a priority for many people now because there’s no need in their lives but …
Weeks after surgery the teen injured in a Woodsboro shooting last month is just beginning to heal. But she is not giving up. 16-year-old, Alice Henderson was transferred by Halo Flight to Spohn Shoreline with internal bleeding. She underwent surgery and received over 50 units of blood. It was a …
A Muslim youth broke his fast so he could donate blood to a seven-year-old girl, who is suffering from thalassemia, in Nadia district, a region in India—Bangladesh border in West Bengal, the state that witnessed a sharp polarisation among the electors on the issue of religion in the last Lok …