| June 14th Is World Blood Donors Day |
| Fri, June 13, 2025 |
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You'll feel just a quick pinch, and it will only take up a few minutes of your time to donate. In celebration of World Blood Donors day tomorrow, the media was invited to the blood bank today for the Strat of a blood drive. We spoke to one of the phlebotomists at the event who says that they hope to get a turn out just as good as last years.
Doreen Madrill, Nurse Phlebotomist
"Today Is a day where we celebrate and we honour and we acknowledge all our donors, especially our voluntary donors because those are the ones who help us out. Tomorrow is world blood donor day which is celebrated worldwide. It is not a public and bank holiday but it is celebrated throughout the world. So this is the day that we acknowledge all our donors and today we will be having social this evening from 5-8 for our voluntary donors to show up at the diagnostic centre where the blood bank is located at this present moment."
"At this point in time because you know blood donors are healthy individuals, those are the people who help the sick . So at this present moment we are asking all donors to come in and donate voluntarily to help out the bank and you know donors are healthy people and the point is you maintain a healthy lifestyle you get a free blood test that is the beauty of it you don't have to go to doctor you come right here and once you are 18 years and over you are able and eligible to donate."
"Majority of the donors, they are afraid of needles. But when you come in it's a different story. After that process has finished I don't think they have that fear anymore."
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