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Donate blood. This is the call Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima
Musa Haji Aman made to all Sabahans at a blood donation drive yesterday.
"I
urge everyone to come forward and donate blood. By donating blood, even
once in our lifetime, we may have saved someone's life without
realising it," he said.
The blood donation drive held at
Centre Point in Kota Kinabalu yesterday is a collaborative initiative
between the Barisan National (BN) Sabah Youth Movement and the UMNO
Sabah Puteri wing, which brought together more than 200 members of the
public to donate blood. The blood donation drive will run for six months
in 42 locations covering 25 UMNO divisions.
With the theme "A
Drop of Blood Means a Lot," the campaign hopes to assist the Ministry of
Health in collecting 2000 pints of blood by the end of 2012. The
campaign also aims to increase awareness among Sabahans on the
importance of donating blood.
According to Deputy Health Minister
Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin, the Ministry hopes to achieve a ratio
of 50 blood donors to every 1000 population, as compared to the current
situation at 22 blood donors to every 1000 population.
According
to Rosnah, the numbers are rising. There were 62, 643 blood donors in
2010 as compared to 66, 231 in 2011, an increase of 3588 donors.
However,
she said that there are times when reserve in the blood bank runs
dangerously low because fewer donors come forward to give their blood,
especially during the festive season, school holidays, and public
holidays.
"I urge everyone who is eligible to give blood but has
yet to donate blood to please come forward and
register yourself as a
donor," she said.
Source: Insight Sabah
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ReplyDeletethe activities carried out by the Board of Visitors were blood donation campaigns, visits to the hospitals in the interior of Sabah, visits to patients of different wards every month, and giving contributions to patients.
ReplyDeleteOther activities held during the one-month programme are screen test, blood sugar testing, body mass index (BMI), Pap Smear, drawing competition, forum, expedition to the Sandakan mental hospital and many more
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