DONATE BLOOD SHARE LIFE

Yes, blood donation is a safe method today. Many safeguards have been created till date to make the donation of blood safe. A potential donor is requested for a mini-health test. Medical history, physical health screening, family history, medications are also taken into consideration before deciding if you are an ideal candidate for a blood donation procedure. In case, you are not found eligible for donation, you are barred. The deferral may be for a short term or may be a complete denial to donate. Trained volunteers, technicians trained in drawing blood (called phlebotomists) and nurses are employed to make the procedure convenient and safe for all donors. Only sterile, new and disposable medical materials are used, including the syringe, cotton etc. This prevents the donors from getting contaminated from any disease.

The blood that is collected is made to go through extensive testing. This testing is done to check for the infections associated with diseases like HIV, hepatitis or syphilis. Previously most people donating blood were contaminated with AIDS. But now most care is taken to reduce this risk. The chances of getting infected by AIDS from a transfusion is less than one in every 6,00,000, which is a very negligible data.

The need of blood does not care for age, ethnicity, rich or poor, habits etc. It can come to people of all ages, all ethnics and all economic standards. Mostly accident cases need the blood most. Blood loss during surgery, internal bleeding due to accidents, some diseases are very much dependant on blood. The following diseases demand a blood transfusion most often:

Burn victims,

Some cancer patients

Hemophilia patients

Leukemia patients

Premature births

Sickle cell patients

and trauma victims

There are many benefits that we gain physically by Donating Blood, and most of us are already aware of it as there is a thread already running on this Topic in our forums. What I feel, Other than just the Physical gain, we do gain some thing even much more precious than our Blood, out of our Donate. That's the Blessing from the Lord and the blessing from the ones who got benefited and their well wishers around them, Sometimes in our life we must have experienced, when everything fails to help us there is only one thing can help us and that's the blessings and well wishes from others and GOD. So by donating our Blood we are not only gaining physically but also crediting our life account with lots of Blessings and well wishes that may help us when this world seems helpless to Us. These Blessing and wishes are just matchless.

After all i feel " Donating blood is not a Charity, It's our obligation, It's our Duty "

Cheers !!

Madhav.