I keep hearing people say negative things about donating blood. "Did you know they threw out 80% of your blood?...etc" No! They dont. I work for a hospital in florida and we cant keep enough blood on the shelves. My job, as a lab tech is to order blood from our suppling blood center (non for profit) and type and test. The blood center rarely fills my order. They are continuously "trimming" my order because they simply do not have it. I try and order 40 units of each type a day and I get maybe 10 of each. What do I hear when I ask peope why they dont donate? "Oh, they werent really doing anything special" or "They didnt have any good coupons". People, this is something that is so easily replaced by your own body and yet can give someone, a perfect stranger, a second chance at life. There is little to no effort on our part to donate. Go with friends if you need support. Dont let people tell you it gets wasted. If you hear it is, then your in a paying facility who uses it for makeup.
2006-11-16
11:47:08
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