Saturday, June 14, 2008

World Blood Donor's Day

Pictures taken by User:JHeuser on 4/5/06Image via WikipediaToday (June 14th) is World Blood Donor's Day! Donate blood today!!

Benefits for the donor:

Reduces risk of heart problems.
Stimulates generation of red blood cells
Prevents accumulation of iron.
Check your Blood Pressure, temperature, hemoglobin and pulse rate every time you give blood. Also collect your blood reports after donation.
Each time you donate blood you can save up to 4 lives!!!

Benefits for the Recipient:

Replaces blood lost during injury.
Replaces blood lost during surgery.
Helps patients with diseases like Hemophilia.
Raises Hemoglobin levels in patients with chronic ailments like cancer, anemia, kidney disease etc.

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