Blood donation in progress at Sacred Heart Parish Centre Mar 14
By Mark Chin
Mar 15 2021
KOTA KINABALU – The 86th blood donation drive campaign, which was jointly organized by Queen Elizabeth Hospital blood bank and Sacred Heart Charity Mar 14, coincided with the recovery movement control order for Covid-19.
This time round, the drive attracted an unexpectedly high number of donors, as compared to the previous campaign held October last year. More than 70 donors came forward to register that day.
Due to a few blood donation drives going on in many other venues at the same time, the insufficient number of medical staff available on hand slowed down the process of blood donation. However, the enthusiastic blood donors did not mind the lengthy wait, which took more than an hour to complete.
A total of 76 pints of plasma was successfully collected. Among the registered donors, eight failed to donate that day.
May the Lord bless all the hardworking staff and blood donors. May more people turn up for the next blood donation drive.
Translation by Catherine Wan of the same article in Chinese
