Dublin Dad opens up about how a blood transfusion helped his three-year-old son
Here’s why donating blood is the most selfless thing you can do this year
11
Feb
Seven-year-old Cameron Bulger was just like any young boy his age — cheerful and filled with laughter. However, after suffering from silent seizures in his first grade class early in 2018, Cameron was diagnosed with a Grade 4 CNS Embryonal Tumour in his brain, requiring an intense treatment protocol including
Meet the 22-Year-Old Breaking the Blood Bank Crisis in Cameroon
8
Feb
As a nursing school student in Cameroon, Melissa Bime remembers watching helplessly as a mother struggled to find a blood match for her 5-year-old daughter, Rita. After three days of fruitless searching, Rita died. A week later, Bime discovered that a hospital 20 minutes away had had the right blood
Blood donor becomes the recipient – the importance of life-saving blood donation
7
Feb
Danielle Furrell has always donated blood. It was second nature to do something so easy that could potentially help others, but she never anticipated that one day, blood transfusions would save her own life. “I’ve always donated before, I always knew it was important,” Furrell said. “Until it happened to
Give blood, support fellow Hampton student
Refugees donate blood to say ‘thank you Australia’
5
Feb
There’s definitely nothing negative about this group of northern refugees. Except maybe their blood group. On Australia Day a group of 26 refugees will donate blood to say “thank you” to their local community. Volunteers from the Punya Foundation, based in Salisbury North, will converge on the Red Cross Modbury
Woman that received 220 blood transfusions urging people to give “gift of life”
4
Feb
Ashlee Ruvalcaba is alive thanks to the “gift of life.” “If it wasn’t for donors, I wouldn’t be here today,” said the Atascadero resident, four years after facing a life-and-death health scare. Her experience is why she’s now an advocate for blood donation and is hopeful the upcoming Vitalant (Formerly United Blood Services)
Evie gets the gift of life, thanks to donor
1
Feb
A little girl who has exhausted all treatment options is to be given the gift of life. Seven-year-old Evie Campbell was diagnosed with the rare blood disorder, Diamond-Blackfan anaemia (DBA), at just seven weeks old. The Shilbottle youngster, who had her 53rd blood transfusion yesterday, is now set to receive
‘Medical miracle’ gives back what blood donors gave him
Michigan man gets second chance at life after battling chronic illness
