The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service held its annual celebratory event, in partnership with Scottish Blood Donor Association and Aberdeen City Council, to reward and thank the region’s most committed contributors at Aberdeen’s Beach Ballroom last night. Gemma Edwards paid a poignant tribute to the generous donors after her daughter
An 87-year-old retired East Palatka resident reached a life-giving milestone Wednesday with a blood donation that sent him over the 100-gallon mark for his lifetime of donations. Tony Frisco started donating blood when he was a teenager and he hasn’t stop since, One Blood officials said Wednesday in announcing the special
Region 8 can support men and women serving by “rolling up their sleeves”! A blood drive kicked off early Tuesday morning and is underway at the Military Science Building on Arkansas State University’s campus. Officer in Charge of the Fort Leonard Wood Blood Donor Center in Missouri, Patrick Kaer, said this blood
For the past two years, Raqeeb Palm, 4, of Cape Town has been receiving blood transfusions regularly. This was after he was diagnosed with Aplastic anaemia in 2016, after his mother, Zaida Palm, noticed abnormal bruising and petechial rash (bleeding under the skin). Raqeeb, who needs a stem cell transplant,
A 17-month-old girl with Down syndrome is heading home after a lifetime battling two types of aggressive leukemia. Grace Rosian was born two months premature in October 2016 and diagnosed with a rare form of blood cancer that affects fewer than one in 10 children with Down syndrome. She was only
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
A father of seven children is asking Coloradans to give blood after blood donations saved his life. Jacob Adamo, 36, is suffering from total liver and kidney failure, said his wife Sarah. In emergency treatment at the University of Colorado Hospital, Jacob has undergone four surgeries in six days and