Report: Shodhan Prasad

Media Release

Dubai, Mar 25: Emirates Professional Business Centre serving in the UAE for 10 years in governmental services and business support services for business community owned by Haji Ahmed Al Awadi and Thameem Aboobaker Al Haji are for the first time organising a blood donation campaign on Thursday March 30 from 9 am to 2 pm. The campaign will be held at their premises in Coastal Building, Education Zone, Al Ghusais. The drive is held in association with Sharjah Blood Transfusion & Research Centre, Ministry of Health, UAE.

Doctors and paramedics from the ministry will arrive in a state-of-the-art mobile blood donation vehicle with a well trained medical team to deal with the blood donors and to take care of them before, during and after blood donation. Educational material on the process of blood donation, its benefits and facts will be distributed to the blood donors prior to blood donation. The qualified medical team will be available to answer any queries related to blood donation.

Contribution to the blood donation campaigns is highly appreciated by the Sharjah Blood Transfusion & Research Centre in the ministry of health and prevention by the patients who are in need of blood says Awatif Hassan Al Hammadi, the in-charge of mobile blood donation campaign, Sharjah Blood Transfusion & Research Center.

Blood is vital for life and has no substitute. The rapid growth in demand for blood is proportionate to the fast growing population of the UAE and its growing healthcare facilities. Blood is an ongoing requirement needed at the time of surgery, trauma, accidents or diseases like thalassemia and some forms of cancer and more importantly the need must be met everyday. Many a time, the demand for blood is much higher than the collection. The seasonal blood shortage occurs in the holy month of Ramadan and through the summer holidays and the requirement is sometimes very critical to sustain life.

An adequate and reliable supply of safe blood can be assured by a stable base of regular, voluntary, unpaid blood donors. Regular, voluntary, unpaid blood donors are also the safest group of donors as the prevalence of blood borne infections is lowest amongst them.

In general, one in three people will require transfusion of blood or blood products at least once in their lifetime, but only one in thirty people donate blood. Blood cannot be manufactured. It can only be given by generous donors. One pint of blood can save up to 3 lives! This becomes all the more important when it comes to an immediate demand for rare blood groups. One may be left hunting for such donors at a very crucial situation in life. That is where identification of the potential donors and quick response from willing people is very important.

The gift of blood is the gift of life. Express your generosity by being part of this noble cause.
For more information please contact: Zoya 054-3059321 / 0563555813 or e-mail: hr@epbc.ae / info@epbc.ae