Blood Donation

BLOOD DONATION – THE GIFT OF LIFE NURUL IZZATI BINTI OMAR 11242 PERSUASIVE PRESENTAION

Outline  Blood Donation – What is It?  Blood Donation – Why Bother to Donate?  Reality of Blood Donation  Statistics  Religious Facts

 Campaign

BLOOD DONATION = THE GIFT OF LIFE

Blood Donation – What?  A process of collecting blood voluntarily drawn from a healthy person, testing, preparing and storing blood and its

components (platelet, plasma and red blood cells)  Four types of blood to be donated:    

A B AB ( universal recipient) O (universal donor)

Blood Donation – Why?  Ensure adequate supply of blood for accident victims, people needing surgery, people who need blood transfusion (leukimia, cancer and

hemophilia)and for medical research  Blood transfusion saves lives!

Blood Donation Statistic  85 million blood donation takes place in

10 000 specialized centers throughout the world  Developed countries takes 14 000 pints of blood each year, and developing countries takes half the amount  Only 38 pints of blood is donated each year for 1000 people in the population

Blood Donation – Religious Facts Islamic point of view: Blood transfusion is lawful as a necessity , when it is in utmost need Christian point of view: We should prayerfully consider what God would have us do in regards to donating our organs upon our death (James 1:5; Philippians 4:6-7), or donating blood to help others.

Blood Donation Campaign  Be a donor NOW !  Contact National Blood Transfusion Centre

for information of the latest blood donation drive centre  Donate and enjoy medical privileges offered by Ministry of Health, Malaysia  The more times you donate, the more privileges you’ll get

Online Blood Donor Application Form

Make a move NOW!!! Be a blood donor . The choice is in your hands. To save lives or to not…

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