Fiona Shearlaw vowed she would make 50 donations to the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) after her dad, Andrew Smith, known as Kelly, suffered a serious injury at his work at the Dunbar cement plant almost 50 years ago. Kind-hearted Fiona was just a youngster at the time of
Be a blood hero, even during lockdown
Some things in life cannot wait for the national lockdown to be lifted. Babies are born daily, cancer patients need treatment and there are other cases where patients or people need blood transfusions. Therefore, it is important for people to still donate blood during lockdown. Bethuel Mokonyane, South African National
COVID-19 survivor Zoa Morani felt ‘super cool’ after donating blood
Sharing a few pictures of herself, along with doctors and other hospital staff, Zoa added that she also received a blood donation certificate and Rs. 500 … Read Full Article
Santa Maria man recovers from COVID-19, pays forward plasma donation
Vitalant blood donation center said they’ve had 37 donations on the Central Coast. As for Meza, his wife Meza tested negative from COVID-19 on … Read Full Article
New Orleans doctor saves colleague from COVID-19 by donating blood
Student who conquered the coronavirus donates blood plasma
He tested positive for the novel coronavirus in early March, and now University of Miami senior Justin Grauer is fully recovered. So, he is assisting critically ill COVID-19 patients by donating convalescent plasma, which will be given to them to help fight the virus. In early March, Justin Grauer, a
San Antonio COVID-19 patient meets plasma donor he says saved his life
Donating plasma for COVID patients new push in fight against deadly virus
‘If I could meet you, I’d hug you’ COVID-19 patient says plasma donor saved his life
He was highlighted in Mayor Ron Nirenberg’s briefing Wednesday as the second patient in San Antonio to receive convalescent plasma as a treatment for coronavirus. “Here’s a little good news that we can celebrate but also showing the innovation and the work that our researchers in this coronavirus pandemic have