COVID-19 inspires new donor to keep giving blood
Jenn Lanteigne grew up watching her mother donate blood at the donor centre in Kitchener, Ont. While her mother was donating, young Jenn would wait while on her best behaviour for the cookies they’d enjoy together afterward. Later, she accompanied her sister to blood donation appointments as well. But those
City constable donates blood to 14-year-old amid cyclone Nisarga and COVID-19 crisis
A police constable from the Local Arms Division came forward as a saviour of a 14-year-old girl who urgently wanted A+ve blood for her open heart surgery at Hinduja Hospital on Wednesday. Read Full Article
This 20-year-old’s NGO Khoon is saving lives by making sure blood reaches a patient
Sherbrooke resident nears blood donation milestone
DoD COVID-19 survivor gives shoutout to doctors, plasma donors
Air Force veteran Patrick Bright, 55, a police officer with the Pentagon Force Protection Agency, nearly died from COVID-19. Then he received a new treatment. Bright was hospitalized at MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital on March 23. His health quickly deteriorated, and four days later he was flown to MedStar Georgetown
Meadville-area man’s lifetime of blood donations add up
Woman understands critical need for blood donors
As a child, Marta Calhoun was often sick. She still remembers weekly visits to a doctor’s office, where she’d get a penicillin shot. As a teacher, the Fremont woman never seemed to develop the same immunities as her fellow instructors. She’d battle illness throughout the school year. “I would catch
Way to go! St. Augustine senior donates over a gallon of blood before graduation
Childhood promise to dad fulfilled after blood donation milestone
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