Time To Roll Up Your Sleeves And Donate Blood

Did you know that Australia needs over 1.7 million blood donations every year to meet the demand?

That equates to three donations every minute.

The Mobile Blood Donor Centre will be rolling into Griffith again at the end of the month, and relying on new and regular blood donors to come out and do their part to boost stocks.

They will be set up at the usual spot - outside Repco at the Hometown Centre on Kidman Way.

Donation times will be:

• Tuesday, July 30 from 1 pm to 7:30 pm;

• Wednesday, July 31 from 7:30 am 2 pm;

• Thursday, August 1 from 1 pm to 7:30 pm; and

• Friday, August 2 from 7:30 am to 2 pm.

One blood donation can save up to three lives.

Each donation extracts about 470mL of blood, about 8 percent of the blood volume of an average adult, but that volume will have been fully restored within 24 to 48 hours after donating.

Red blood cells last just 42 days from the date of donation.

People can donate blood every 12 weeks and plasma every two weeks.

Blood donated is usually separated into red blood cells, plasma and platelets.

Let’s see how many Griffith residents can get out to the Mobile Blood Donor Centre and roll up their sleeves.

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