consider donating blood

January is National Blood Donor Awareness Month It is a chance to encourage donors to give or pledge to give blood. It is a great time to donate blood for the first time. If you are a regular donor it is a great chance to give again. Never given blood before?? It only takes between 45-60 minutes. However, if you choose to go a step beyond and donate plasma or platelets it will take an average of another hour.

Many adults can give blood on the basis of every 2-3 months. The only bad event that has been known to happen to an individual donating blood is that they may have a moment of dizziness and not feeling well. This passes quickly though. The reasons to donate blood are so very much numerous: Blood donations are extremely important as each has potential to save a life. To a hospital blood is a precious commodity.  
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