Yesterday, I went to our local clinic to donate blood to the Red Cross.
The reason I did this, is because a friend of mine asked me to. His wife got hit by a truck a month ago and she was badly injured. She's still recovering and still has a long way to go.
A week ago or so, my friend wrote a long e-mail to all his friends. Alot of people asked him if they could do something to help them and he said that we cannot do much more than showing that we care about them.
But he has spent many hours in their local hospital and he saw alot of misery. In his mail he told us that we actually can do something, not for his family in specific, but for everybody who is the victim of an accident or, in general, has to undergo surgery: give blood. He asked us to give blood so that the accident of his wife could be meaningfull. He also asked us to try to convince as many people as possible to donate blood.
When you become the victim of a traffic accident, everybody considers it normal that you go to the hospital and there is blood available.
The thing is, most of the healthy people who are perfectly capable of donating blood, don't do it and there's always the need for more blood.
If you're healthy, it's really a small gesture. All it takes is about 30 minutes of your precious time. And for once, you might actually save a life by sacrifing those 30 minutes. And if you don't mind the needle, you can go back if you want to. I believe a normal healthy person can give blood about 4 times a year.
So, I'd like to ask my fellow Orgah's who are healthy (and old enough to be allowed by the law of your country) to donate blood. You will be doing a good thing.
Thank you for your time
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