Plea for blood donors
THE IRISH Blood Transfusion Service mobile unit will be back in Carlingford on Thursday week, February 16th, holding a clinic in the Foy Centre, Dundalk Street from 5pm to 8.30pm.
A plea has gone out to as many donors from the peninsula as possible to attend as every day, patients in hospitals throughout Ireland require blood transfusions, with each week 3,000 donations needed in Ireland.
John Healy, Area Organiser is urging people who are between 18 and 60 years (or 67 years if you are a regular donor), over 7st 12 lbs (over 50kg), fit and healthy and have not donated in the last 90 days to make a special effort to attend. Eat at least a light snack in the 3 hours before donating.
For further details, please contact our locall Donor Information Line 1850 - 73 11 37 or John Healy, Area Organiser at our Ardee Regional Office, 041 - 685 9994 or www.giveblood.ie.
