Blood Donor Clinic

foggy

Based on another thread in AH,

The blood donor clinic is around again and will be in Letterkenny from today until Friday.

I donate every time it is in town but they send a letter saying that they received less than 500 donations last time they were here. I just wanted to post this in case anyone has thought about donating but doesn't know where or when.


Place: Trinity Hall
Times
Monday 6.30-9.30
Tuesday 2.30-5.00 and 7.00-9.30
Wednesday 2.30-5.00 and 7.00-9.30
Thursday 2.30-5.00 and 7.00-9.30
Friday 10.30-1.00


Thanks

smashey

I would donate but they won't accept my blood.:mad:

I lived in England from 1989 to 1994 and apparently I am a risk due to possible CJD.


Moooooooooooo

muffler

foggy wrote:

Based on another thread in AH,

The blood donor clinic is around again and will be in Letterkenny from today until Friday.

I donate every time it is in town but they send a letter saying that they received less than 500 donations last time they were here. I just wanted to post this in case anyone has thought about donating but doesn't know where or when.


Place: Trinity Hall
Times
Monday 6.30-9.30
Tuesday 2.30-5.00 and 7.00-9.30
Wednesday 2.30-5.00 and 7.00-9.30
Thursday 2.30-5.00 and 7.00-9.30
Friday 10.30-1.00


Thanks

Good post foggy.

unlike smashey being like a mad bull I have already got my gold pin.

Hope lots of people turn up for it

ednwireland

they can shove it, all my adult life in the uk upto 10years ago when i moved here i gave blood regularly twice a year. now this bunch of idiots wont accept my blood. i hope i never need a transfusion here because the blood could be bought in from anywhere.
yes i have thought about donating every time i see the van but under their rules i can't.

muffler

ednwireland wrote:

they can shove it, all my adult life in the uk upto 10years ago when i moved here i gave blood regularly twice a year. now this bunch of idiots wont accept my blood. i hope i never need a transfusion here because the blood could be bought in from anywhere.
yes i have thought about donating every time i see the van but under their rules i can't.

You weren't sharing a room with smashey by any chance

I'll understand if you dont want to answer but why would they not accept your donation.

They wont take it from me either for the last few years even though I was donating for 20 odd years before that. reason they give - tablets I was taking

magnumlady

Shame with me smashey, they wouldn't take mine either because I lived in the UK.

byte

Yes, got the text message alright.

Last time though, after sitting around, they wouldn't accept my blood due to being 0.1 away from the required 13 (Iron level).

I'd think a lot more would go except for the amount of time sitting around waiting.

Fair play to the staff though, they do have a lot of work to do and still try and be nice, though one nurse who always is about is rather the cranky sort!

muffler

byte wrote:

though one nurse who always is about is rather the cranky sort!

Thats the one with the needle :eek:

Miss Polaris

ednwireland wrote:

they can shove it, all my adult life in the uk upto 10years ago when i moved here i gave blood regularly twice a year. now this bunch of idiots wont accept my blood. i hope i never need a transfusion here because the blood could be bought in from anywhere.
yes i have thought about donating every time i see the van but under their rules i can't.

Thats some attitude....

My profession is linked with blood products, while I am not the IBTS biggest fan...it is attitudes like this that leave out hospitals under severe pressure from lack of blood products - and yes it does happen.

In Ireland you will receive IRISH blood components, some products such as anti d etc are imported. We are not allowed unless very very exeptional circumstances to accept a blood component from the North or the UK or any other country for that matter....

The "rules" are there for very good reasons, to protect the very limited supply we have. Many units are discarded when they are collected as they are found positive for one thing or another - think of this when tempted to lie on the form......

With regards to the haemoglobin level - it has to have a cut off point - no flexibility - afterall it was cutting corners that landed the BTSB in hot water before.....

Its a bummer though I have done many a night sitting for hours to be told to go home....

byte

muffler wrote:

Thats the one with the needle :eek:

Well sometimes yeah. She was the last time, I dreaded seeing her coming over to jag me!

Civilian_Target

They won't take my blood. MOOOO!

ednwireland

muffler wrote:

You weren't sharing a room with smashey by any chance

I'll understand if you dont want to answer but why would they not accept your donation.

They wont take it from me either for the last few years even though I was donating for 20 odd years before that. reason they give - tablets I was taking

lived in the uk

Glenman

Yeah, you would think that they were doing you a big favour by taking your blood.
I've donated twice, the first time involved a huge form to fill and an interview with the doctor, the second time round wasn't as bad though.
I try to encourage my friends to go as well but they are too scared of the needle