Fun run for blood … Josie Tallado, chairwoman of the Philippine
National Red Cross in CamNorte, leads the fun run activity on Feb. 10 from Daet
town center to Bagasbas Beach to raise awareness on the importance of blood
donation. –Photo by JUAN ESCANDOR JR.
By JUAN ESCANDOR JR
DAET, CamNorte: To raise
awareness on the importance of blood donation, the Philippine National Red
Cross (PNRC) provincial chapter here has mobilized some 5,000 runners Saturday
who ran from the Capitol grounds in the town center here to Bagasbas Beach.
Josie Tallado, chairwoman of the
PNRC Camarines Norte Chapter, commended the cooperation of various sectors in
the province that she said gave a final push for the establishment of a blood
bank to cater to donors here.
Tallado recalled that when she
took over the leadership of the PNRC here the chapter was totally inactive and
the province was one of the local government units (LGUs) with no blood bank or
donors.
She said constituents of the
province have to depend on blood supply from Naga City for their medical needs
because there was no blood bank here.
Tallado said that in partnership
with the provincial government of Camarines Norte the multimillion-peso blood
bank will finally enable constituents here to access blood upon demand.
She said blood donors are
entitled to get free blood for medical purposes.
Tallado said the blood donors
will be given blood donor’s card which can be used when the owner or any member
of the family needs blood.
“We are encouraging healthy
individuals to donate blood to the PNRC because they will be given priority
every time they need blood,” she said.
The blood donation program of the
PNRC operates in accordance with the provisions of the National Blood Services
Act of 1994, in cooperation with the Department of Health and the Philippine
Blood Coordination Council.
It is aimed at providing safe
blood to the country through PNRC’s active role in advocacy, promotion of
voluntary blood donation, donor retention and care, and the operation of
network of 74 blood bank services all over the country. – Bicol Mail
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