KNYSNA | BITOU NEWS - Knysna recently held a blood drive, and if you happened to miss the chance to donate yours last week Tuesday, you need not fret as there are plenty more opportunities to do so in the coming months.
The Western Cape Blood Service (WCBS) is the independent, non-profit organisation working throughout the Western Cape to supply safe blood and blood products to all communities in the province.
Through its blood donation centres and blood drives, the WCBS aims to maintain a steady supply of blood across all eight blood groups.
However, this isn't always possible and sometimes the stores of certain blood groups drop below the desired levels. On Monday 20 June, according to the WCBS website, five of the eight blood groups had sufficient blood stores - A+, A-, B-, AB+, and AB-. In the O- and B+ blood groups there were four days' worth of blood stores left, while in the O+ blood group there was only three days' blood stores left.
It is therefore crucial that the public come out in their numbers to support the WCBS by donating blood at any of their blood donation centres or blood drives. Sadly there is no blood donation centre in Sedgefield, Knysna or Plett, and therefore local residents are encouraged to support blood drives whenever they take place.
The next blood drive in either of the three towns is in Plettenberg Bay next week Thursday, 30 June, in Market Square. Donors will be able to donate blood between 11:00 and 17:00.
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