Heroics of donating blood hailed

COMMEMORATIONS FOR THE WORLD BLOOD DONOR DAY HAVE BEEN HELD IN BULAWAYO AMID ENCOURAGEMENT FOR MORE CITIZENS TO CONTINUE THE LIFE SAVING CAUSE.

20 YEAR OLD INCE TSHABANGU HAS BEEN DONATING BLOOD SINCE HE WAS IN FORM 3. IT ALL STATED IN  2016 WHEN HIS GRANNY WAS HOSPITALIZED AND SHE REQUIRED AN URGENT TRANSFUSION. A THEN YOUNG INCE STEPPED UP, GAVE BLOOD TO SAVE HER GRANNY AND SINCE THEN HE HAS BEEN FAITHFULLY DONATING TO THE CAUSE.

THERE ARE MANY YOUNG DONORS WHO ALSO SHARE THE SAME CONVICTION WITH INCE.

DURING THE BULAWAYO WORLD BLOOD DONOR DAY COMMEMORATION THE HEROICS OF DONATING BLOOD WERE HAILED. MATEBELELAND SOUTH PROVINCIAL MEDICAL DIRECTOR DR RUDO CHIKODZORE SAYS THROUGH BLOOD DONATIONS, THE COUNTRY HAS EVEN SEEN MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES GOING DOWN.

TO THE MINISTRY OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION, YOUNG PEOPLE DONATING SAFE BLOOD ARE AN IMPORTANT CONSTITUENCY IN THE DRIVE.