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Barcelona hosts World Blood Donor Day 2010Every year, a different country hosts World Blood Donor Day and showcases their unique culture. This year, Barcelona in Spain hosts this celebratory day with the theme: New Blood for the World.
For many years, the Council of Europe has been supporting World Blood Donor Day organised on 14 June each year, to promote this cause all over the world. CoE website. Close to 3,000 new blood donors in 2009
Dr Aquilina holding an information flyer on blood donation. Photo: Clodagh Farrugia O'Neill, DOI There were 2,801 first time blood donors last year, 145 less than the number of new donors the previous year which had been a record one. National blood transfusion centre director Alex Aquilina told a news conference that 19,384 people called at the centre in 2009, against 20,310 in 2008. There were 16,927 callers in 2007, 16.080 in 2006 and 15,656 in 2005. The majority of donors – 9,432, were men, 5,188 were women. Dr Aquilina said that the bank did not face any crisis in 2009 due to the consistent number of donors and to the attention given to avoid any blood being wasted. He said that each bag of processed blood cost around 100 euros from the moment it was donated until it was passed on to a patient. Health Minister Joe Cassar praised the centre's work and said that employees at the Blood Bank went beyond their call of duty. Times of Malta.com 03-02-10 Part of raising awareness in the general public about the need of donating blood, the National Blood Transfusion Service has launched a blood donation flyer with the title 'Tithajjar Taghti d-Demm ?". This was built in a form of question and answer to guide and inform the public in general about the process of blood donation. 17-11-09 Hawn domanda qawwija għad-demm u hawn nuqqas serju. G ħalhekk kull min iħossu f'saħħtu huwa ġentilment mitlub biex jiġi ċ-Ċentru ta’ l-Għoti tad-Demm biex ja għti ftit għajnuna l-aktar fis possibbli. Jekk ma jkunx hawn rispons sfortunatament jieqfu l-operazzjonijiet. Iċ-Ċentru ta’ l-Għoti tad-Demm jinstab ħdejn l-isptar San Luqa G'Mangia u jkun miftuħ mit-8.00 a.m. sas-6.00 p.m., kuljum, inklużi l-festi pubbliċi u l-ħdud. Huwa importanti ħafna li wieħed dejjem iġib il-karta ta' l-identita' . Ħajjar lil ħaddieħor jiġi miegħek. Grazzi ħafna ta' l-għajnuna. Angelo Degiorgio
04-07-09 Although the Swine flu has not yet spread to an alarming state in our island, the National Blood Transfusion Service has issued some directives with which possible blood donors are being asked to comply in order to prevent any possible infections. Before coming to any donation centre, donors are being asked to abide by the following;
08-06-09 On the occassion of World Blood Donors Day (WBDD), the NBTS has redesigned the whole website, and bring it in line with new technologies. The changes perfomed were not only done to the peripheral interface but the content has been rewrited and updated. Please feel free to browse through our website, and keep coming back as new fetures will also be available in the future. 10-03-09 After a long period of inactivity during which the blood mobile unit was being heavily re-furbuished, it has now hit the roads after having had a total makeover. The main features that characterised this move, apart from new looks, is added comfort for the donor. Feel free to come and visit us when we're in your town or village. The schedule for this month may be found here. 15-01-09 Due to new clinical developments, donors who are between the age of 60 and 63 and in good health are eligible to donate for the first time and can continue to donate until they are 64 years with out exceeding 6 months between donations. Donors still need to be interviewed by a medical officer who will decide donor suitability on a case by case basis. 10-12-08 Persons who have high cholesterol level controlled by diet or statins such as Simvastatin, Zocor, Lescol and Lipton may now donate blood. |
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