Thurles Blood Donation Clinics Next Week

Ms Geraldine O’Rourke of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service reports: –

“The Irish Blood Transfusion Service will visit Thurles, Co. Tipperary, operating from The Dome, Semple Stadium, over the coming week.

Do please make a special note of their three operational times and dates here in Thurles all shown hereunder.

Tuesday next October 29th, 2019, from 2:00pm – 5:00pm.

Wednesday October 30th & Thursday October 31st, 2019, from 5:30pm – 8:30pm each day.

When deciding to attend, please do keep in mind the following facts: –

• You can visit any clinic 90 days after your last donation.
• One in four people will need a blood transfusion at some point in their lives.
• Only 5% of the population are regular blood donors.
• Over 1,000 Irish people receive transfusions every week in Ireland.
• One car accident victim may require up to 30 units of blood, a bleeding ulcer could require anything. between 3-30 units of blood and a coronary artery bypass may use between 1-5 units of blood.
• Approximately 70,000 patients will have transfusions in Irish hospitals this year.
• Over 3,000 blood donors are needed each week in Ireland.
• A unit of blood lasts for just 35 days.
• Some blood packs for new born babies or cancer treatment only lasts for 5 days.
• There is no substitute for human blood.
• The IBTS supplies 71 hospitals in Ireland with blood and blood products 365 days a year.

So, remember if you are not already a blood donor, here is the perfect opportunity and you never know, the life you save could be your own.