Blood Donation Clinic In West Clare Following Busy Bank Holiday Period

Very good rush community school this Wednesday and Thursday from 5 o'clock to 8 o'clock

to 20 p.m. These are particularly important because we're attempting to be rebuild our blood

stock after a busy St. Patrick's weekend period. We didn't get to collect blood yesterday

St. Patrick's Day and even the last of one day's connection to significant tools because

our blood supplies are very tight to say the least.

So busy weekend and obviously a significant drain on the stocks.

I suppose can you tell us a little bit about the practical impact of donating blood?

Alex, people often might make the connection between making a donation and how that can

actually serve the community. So what is the benefit of donating blood?

Well, as you know, this is a Friday as staff today for the Native Jewish Cancer Society

and it's worth pointing out the fact that for a few people knows that 67% of all blood donations

in our course support cancer patients and people who have blood is on disorders.

And then or 27% of blood goes to emergency surgeries and regular surgeries and in the course

we've got 6% to go to a childbirth. But the important thing is that 100% of the blood

is used because it's very precious to us. So just as people are coming into the afternoon

and fight and cancer research and helping cancer patients is a very prominent in their

minds. Just to remind them that 60% to 67% of all our blood collected goes to support

those patients.

So the clinic taking place today and tomorrow in Killerote Community School 5 o'clock

to 820 p.m. Alex, if somebody is listening to this and they might not have donated blood

before but just having heard your contribution there they might be thinking sure I'll give

that a goal. Is there anything that they have to do in advance any preparation or any

information they need to have on them?

The most important thing is just the phone is that 1-800-2-3-1 to make an appointment. Our

officers are very experienced and they will be able to very quickly establish your

eligible blood. The process takes about 2 minutes of phone conversation. So just 1-800-3-2-3-1

to make an appointment. And we're welcome back. People have an donation for a while and

of course we're always interested in new donors. But one thing I'd like to point out is

that people who have previously lived in UK are now very welcome to give blood.