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The National Blood Service uses the premises of Paignton (Palace Avenue) Methodist Church about twelve times a year, usually one day a month, for Blood Donor Sessions.
Hospitals need the equivalent of 10,000 blood donations every day. Blood is used not just in accidents and emergencies but in the treatment of cancer and burns, in childbirth, heart surgery and in the transplantation of organs.
The development of new medical techniques means that demand is rising. The continued success of these and other treatments depends on regular blood donations from people like you.
Almost anyone aged 17 to 60 years
and in good health can give blood. So, if you've not donated before, or
have not donated for some time, why not contact
us today.
(National Blood Service, FREEPOST (BS3789), Westbury on Trym, Bristol, BS12 5BR)
It's all kinds of blood we need - not just rare ones. In fact, the commoner the blood type, the more we need.
Your session will last about an hour in all. When you arrive, we will ask you a few routine questions about your health. If it's your first visit, these will be quite detailed, but for regular donors it's a much shorter interview. It's very important - for your own well-being and that of patients who receive your blood - to answer these questions fully and honestly.
We will then take a drop of blood from your finger to make sure you are not anaemic. If all is well we will take your donation.
This only takes about ten minutes during which time we will collect 470ml (about three quarters of a pint) of blood. Most people hardly feel a thing, after a short rest, a drink and biscuits, you will be up and ready to go.
PICTURES TAKEN DURING A BLOOD DONOR SESSION AT PAIGNTON (PALACE AVENUE) METHODIST CHURCH
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The National Blood Service welcomes eleven different kinds of voluntary help, but needs vary around the country whether its making tea at a session, recruiting more donors or simply raising awareness. If you want to try and do something really amazing to help the National Blood Service, why not see if you can find enough people to donate and organise your own session. This could be possibly at your work place, or in the local neighbourhood, and you would need to be able to get people to give blood three times a year. There are strict guidelines, but it's not impossible to do. For all information about organising donation sessions or helping in other ways, please write to: Volunteers, FREEPOST, National Blood Service, 75 Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 7YB.
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Donate regularly
and save Lives
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