Bedford man donates blood for 100th time and asks others to do it too
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A Bedford man who first donated blood in 1983 has now made his 100th donation and is asking others to “do the same if you can”. Terry Anstee donated his first pint of blood on his 17th birthday. 30 years later he has reached the incredible milestone of donating 100 …
Back in 1972, Murray Burnes rocked up to a donor centre looking to give blood as a way of managing his then-chronic nose bleeding, but 51 years later he notched up his 850th donation at Lifeblood’s Bundoora Donor Centre on September 22. Mr Burnes is proud to reach the 850 …
One donor who helped save a life got a chance to meet face to face the recipient after three long years. KFOR 4 showcased Susan Knight’s story nearly three years ago, she had a back surgery in 2020 and was paralysed from the waist down. Susan ended up needing units …
Robin Sharps is living proof of that. It all began when she was taking her dogs out to play. “My dogs… they ran into the back of my knee and took my knee out, and I needed to have surgery on my tibia,” Sharps said. But little did she know …
The co-founder and CEO of the KD Hall Foundation has a personal connection to sickle cell and is encouraging Black donors to help out. “People living with sickle cell, they’re just like you and me. There’s really no difference,” said KD Hall. Sickle cell anemia is a condition that affects …
Greenhouse Café hosted a blood drive Sept. 6 in memory of Haley Daquara, daughter of Bobby Daquara, the café’s owner. Haley was diagnosed with Hurler syndrome when she was six months old and died in 2013 at age 10. According to the National Institutes of Health, the disease is caused …
Glasgow is being urged to donate blood as medics have been forced to buy stock from England to keep supplies at a “safe level”. Nurses are allegedly worried after levels dipped as donors have been failing to make or turn up for appointments. The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) …
The National American Red Cross is asking for blood and platelet donors to roll up their sleeves after several factors led to a 25% drop in donations last month. “A 30,000 donation shortage and that was after we had a 50,000 donation shortage earlier in the summer,” said Jonathan McNamara, …
In July of last year, Makenna Letasky noticed her son La’Monte wasn’t acting quite like himself. “I had taken him in to check his blood work to see if he was anemic and his levels came back not so good, so they ended up poking him in his arm rather …
The Bay Ridge community came together Wednesday to donate blood at a drive that aimed to give back to those in need. Bobby Daquara organized the drive at Greenhouse Cafe in Bay Ridge, which he owns. He’s been holding blood drives there for over a decade after seeing how essential …