‘Every blood donor is a hero’, that was the theme for Thursday’s observances of World Blood Donor Day and the Berbice Regional Health Authority (BRHA) is planning to honour its heroes in Berbice.
Blood Recruitment Officer of the National Blood Bank in Berbice, Candy Archer, said 500 units of blood have been collected for the year so far. She added that the target set by the BRHA is 2,000 units, “so we are hoping to reach that target”. The public’s response, she added, has been “fair”. She said she hoped it would speed up a little bit more, and “more blood drives are being planned, so I am just urging the public… whenever they hear a blood drive is being planned, they can find out it if it is within their area and come out and donate blood, because giving blood, you save three lives and it’s a good and healthy thing to do”.
She expressed thanks to blood donors, especially voluntary blood donors, “for all that they have been doing for the