London mayor urges people to give blood and save lives – BBC News
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The mayor of London has donated blood as part of a drive to save lives. At least 40,000 new donors are needed in the capital each year over the next five years to keep supplying blood for lifesaving treatments, according to the NHS. There is a particular focus on increasing …
A couple in Karnataka’s Haveri district entered into wedlock with a noble cause — donating blood — to show his gratitude for the timely blood he had received after meeting a fatal accident four years ago. While Praveen Subbannavar (32), an electrician by profession, donated one unit of his ‘O …
After a year and a half bout with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), the most fatal strain of the blood disease, local hero Annmarie Shay now uses her story of perseverance through seemingly insurmountable odds to help others, while championing the importance of donating blood. Annmarie is 51 and married with …
It was Janice Schmitz’s first time ever donating blood, and she brought a good portion of her family along. “My two daughters, my daughter-in-law and my sister,” Schmitz said. All five of them donated a unit of blood this afternoon at the Broadcasters Unite for Life Winter Blood Drive, put …
Just over a week ago, the blighted Rosemary Apartments in north Toledo finally came down. It was that vacant building, which stood at the corner of N. Detroit Ave. and Phillips Ave., where 16-year-old Joshua Sorrell fell five stories to his death while exploring the abandoned property with friends in …
A 10-year-old survivor of the Uvalde school shooting and her parents got to thank another set of life-savers – her blood donors – on Saturday as South Texas Blood & Tissue marked the fifth anniversary of a lifesaving whole-blood donor program. Christina and Ruben Zamora have met and thanked everyone …
It’s ‘Liquid Gold’: Young Blood-Transfusion Recipients Talk About Importance of Donors. Ella Martinez and Kamila Saradpon consider each other sisters. They both require routine blood transfusions and often go through hours-long appointments together Read Full Article
A 9-year-old boy met with his blood donor at the Levittown Fire Department during a blood drive on Thursday. King Singh was born with a rare blood disease and was diagnosed with leukemia at age 2. After over three years of daily chemotherapy treatments and a blood transfusion, King is …
Three members of Autry Technology Center Health Occupation Students of America are competing in the HOSA state contest in community awareness. The three contestants are senior Karis Stewart, junior Jazlyn Aguilar and senior Madi Brandon. They all are in high school and attend Autry health occupations classes for half a …
While I was laying there, with a needle in my arm watching my blood flowing down a tube and into a bag, it struck me that, at the age of 31, I had never done this before. But there I was, in St Paul’s Church, Covingham, in the hall that …