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14/06/2010
'Give Blood' Says McGimpsey
'Life saving' is being encouraged as - at the start of Blood Donor Week - NI Health Minister, Michael McGimpsey, has called on all eligible people to make a contribution by giving blood.
The Minister, (pictured) who is a donor, himself said: "Blood donation is vital for the delivery of health care, saving and enhancing lives. We all know someone who has benefited from donated blood through emergency surgery, for routine operations, in the treatment of cancer or childbirth.
"Around 500 patients in Northern Ireland need life saving blood each week. To ensure an adequate supply to our hospitals, we need 300 people to give blood every day," he said.
"With the demand for blood increasing all the time and only 6% of Northern Ireland's population donating that leaves 94% of eligible donors not donating.
"I would urge everyone eligible across the province to consider becoming a blood donor."
Welcoming the Minister's support Paul McElkerney from the Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service said: "I would like to thank the Minister as a regular donor, and encourage both, new donors to come forward and regular donors to keep coming back, to meet the need and future need of supplies."
(BMcC/GK)
The Minister, (pictured) who is a donor, himself said: "Blood donation is vital for the delivery of health care, saving and enhancing lives. We all know someone who has benefited from donated blood through emergency surgery, for routine operations, in the treatment of cancer or childbirth.
"Around 500 patients in Northern Ireland need life saving blood each week. To ensure an adequate supply to our hospitals, we need 300 people to give blood every day," he said.
"With the demand for blood increasing all the time and only 6% of Northern Ireland's population donating that leaves 94% of eligible donors not donating.
"I would urge everyone eligible across the province to consider becoming a blood donor."
Welcoming the Minister's support Paul McElkerney from the Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service said: "I would like to thank the Minister as a regular donor, and encourage both, new donors to come forward and regular donors to keep coming back, to meet the need and future need of supplies."
(BMcC/GK)
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There's been a life-saving plea for NI people to donate blood. Stormont Health Minister Michael McGimpsey has himself given blood and encouraged others to do the same. The Minister said this showed just how easy it is to save a life through his support for the current campaign to increase the number of people in Northern Ireland that give blood.
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