Several area Puget Sound Blood Center locations, including Seattle’s First Hill center at 921 Terry Ave., will be open on Monday, the legal Memorial Day holiday.
Blood-center officials said blood donations are usually down this time of year.
All blood-donation centers that are normally open on Mondays — North Seattle, Bellevue, Federal Way, Lynnwood, Tukwila and Olympia — will be open on the holiday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Donating blood in the noblest deed one can opt for on the earth because it saves lives. Just imagine you are saving life of a human being! All the other gifts are bought with the force of money but this gift comes out of only feeling! It has also picked up very well in India, Ahmedabad and many NGO like Blood Bank India has also taken up the responsibility to promotes awareness of it. So people are coming forth voluntarily for donation or we can say we are becoming more humanitarian.
After the tests are cleared one could donate blood according to the doctor’s advice. The quantity is decided by the doctor. God forbade no one would need it…. But for those who are in need this acts like life saving liquid. Life is God’s gift, so let’s nourish it carefully. There are some tests to be made before donating but first and foremost is the will, and concern for the fellow beings. Blood is the red colored liquid flowing incessantly in our body. On an average 5 - 6 liters of it is present in human body.
The groups of blood. All human beings will fall in one of the following groups:
A positive or A negative
B positive or B negative
O positive or O negative
AB positive or AB negative
There are also some sub groups as well as a few other classifications.
Blood is the red colored liquid flowing incessantly in our body. On an average 5 - 6 liters of it is present in human body. A donor can donate every three months.
There are three categories of blood donors: -
(1) PROFESSIONAL DONORS - They sell their blood, quality is not guaranteed and can pass on very dangerous diseases to the recipient. It is banned to take it from any professional donor.
(2) REPLACEMENT DONATION - Healthy relatives and friends of the patient give their blood, of any group, to the donation center. In return, the required number of units in the required group is given. This is in practice.
(3) VOLUNTARY DONATION- Here a donor donates blood voluntarily. The blood can be used for any patient even without revealing the identity of the donor. This is the best type of donation where an inspired human being gives blood in an act of selfless service.
Donate Blood Plasma can be carried on very casually. After donating you can even go for work. The volume or plasma is replaced within a day. Four to eight weeks are needed for complete replacement of the red cells. The persons suffering from any blood transmitted diseases, fever, jaundice, Aids. Albeit blood donation is on everywhere. A donor should be healthy and above 18 and below 60 years.
