Melvin Williams remembers vividly how distressed a former co-worker was when she approached him, in 1985, to donate blood on behalf of her sister, who was in hospital preparing for surgery.

As he became aware of her many unsuccessful attempts to find a donor, he consented without hesitation.

“The situation was so touching, it simply made me want to help. I don’t like to see people suffer. When someone is sick, I’ll do anything to help,” said Williams.

The next day, he turned up at the then Blood Bank, now the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS), to make his donation.

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