World Blood Donor Day
LAHORE: Every year, on Jun 14th, countries around a universe applaud World Blood Donor Day. The eventuality serves to lift recognition of a need for protected blood and blood products, and to appreciate blood donors for their life-saving present of blood.
Blood is a many changed present that anyone can give to another person. A preference to present your blood can save a life or even several if your blood is distant into a components — red cells, platelets and plasma — that can be used away for patients with specific conditions.
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Around 108 million units of donated blood are collected globally each year. Nearly 50 per cent of these blood donations are collected in high-income countries, home to reduction than 20 per cent of a world’s population. Many patients requiring transfusion, however, do not have timely entrance to protected blood and blood products. Every nation needs to safeguard that reserve of blood and blood products are sufficient and giveaway from HIV, hepatitis viruses and other infections that can be transmitted by transfusion.
There is a consistent need for unchanging blood supply since blood can be stored for usually a singular time before use.
Dr Zeeshan Khan
Published in The Express Tribune, Jun 15th, 2017.
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