Motorbike taxi driver with rare blood type saves lives
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Twenty years ago, Tran Hoang Long of HCM City discovered that his blood type was B-negative, shared by less than five per cent of the world’s population. Since that time, the 48-year-old motorbike taxi driver has been donating his blood regularly as one of the members of the Club for …
The Winnipeg Goldeyes is teaming up with Canadian Blood Services to make a pitch to encourage Winnipeggers to step up to the plate and donate blood in support of local patients like Ryder Robinson. Donors who come to the Winnipeg donor centre during the Step Up to the Plate and …
While many Canadians are on the hunt for the Easter Bunny this coming holiday season, the Greater Sudbury Kinettes, in partnership with Canadian Blood Services, is on the hunt for more blood donors. “More than half of all Canadians will either need blood themselves or will know someone that does,” …
Students and staff recently rolled up their sleeves to help save dozens of local lives by participating in a blood drive at school. The Chambersburg Area Senior High School gifted program hosted the blood drive on March 29. The 28 pints of blood collected from 47 donors will be used to treat …
On Friday, the annual spring blood drive was held at Forbush High School. Several parents, community members and students attended to donate blood in the gymnasium. In the early morning, several faculty members of Forbush High School showed up to show support and help save lives. Throughout the day, more …
A blood drive for eight-month-old Alice Jane will be held Thursday in Pascagoula. The infant, who is the daughter of city manager Ryan Frederic, will soon have skull surgery performed at University of Mississippi Medical Center. After speaking with the hospital and blood bank ahead of the surgery, Mississippi Blood …
Ninety-two-year-old Loveland resident Ron Reidy has been giving blood for so long he no longer remembers exactly when he got started, though he knows he was in his 60s or 70s and gave his first donation with a friend in San Diego. What Reidy is quite certain of, however, is …
People across the Valley lined up to give back in honor of Trooper Moises Sanchez injured in the line of duty on Saturday night. Dozens of people, and even law enforcement, showed up at the Edinburg Wellness Center on Tuesday to donate blood. Vitalant held the drive in honor of …
Ed Holstrom, of Cedar Rapids, is turning 80 this month, and he’s celebrating by giving back to others. He has made his 578th donation at the Williams Parkway Donor Center. Ed makes donations through the blood program at St. Luke’s Hospital. He also donates at mobile blood drives in Rockwell-Collins. …
The Harrison Central High School National Honor Society sponsored a blood drive on campus Friday. Teachers said the purpose of the drive was to instill the sense of community awareness in the students. National Honor Society sponsor Robin Wilson said the drive had two meanings. “This is our sixth year …