DONATING blood was something Connor O’Driscoll was always meaning to do.
But it wasn’t until the Maurice Blackburn Lawyers associate saw two friends go through serious medical conditions that he finally booked an appointment.
Once he started, Connor continued booking appointments and gradually moved from donating whole blood to plasma.
“When that happened and I heard them talking about it, it kind of reminded me I’d been meaning to do it,” he said.
“Once you get into the system and they do a few appointments, it’s as easy as getting a text message telling you when your appointment is.”
Connor has now performed nine whole blood donations and 23 plasma donations.
Plasmas takes longer to donate, roughly 45 minutes, but can be done every few weeks rather than every three months required for red blood cells in whole donations.
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