By: Bennie A. Recebido
SORSOGON
CITY, April 15 (PIA) – Twenty four (24) units of blood were extracted from
Philippine National Police (PNP) volunteers in the recent Mobile Blood Donation
activity conducted here by the Bicol Regional Blood Center of the Department of
Health Center for Health Development under its National Voluntary Blood
Services program.
Sorsogon
Police Provincial Office Public Relations Officer Police Chief Inspector Nonito
F. Marquez said the activity which was held at the Provincial Headquarters Bldg.
of Camp Salvador C Escudero Sr. in Sorsogon City were participated in by PNP
personnel from the different Municipal Police Stations across the province,
Sorsogon City Police Station and Sorsogon Provincial Public Safety Company who
voluntarily donated their blood to save other’s lives.
“Considered
as one of the health partners to provide quality and safe blood supply, the
Sorsogon Police Provincial Office under the leadership of OIC Provincial
Director PSSupt Ramon S. Ranara conducted bloodletting activity in partnership
with the DOH,” said PCI Marquez.
Present
during the activity were representatives from the Bicol Regional Blood Center
and Dr. Marlon Gapayao, the Provincial Blood Coordinator of Sorsogon Provincial
Hospital.
The
DOH has continuously been promoting its blood donation campaign in order to
have a sufficient number of people willing and are able to donate blood that
would satisfy the numerous need of blood specifically in the hospitals.
Its
legal basis is anchored on the Republic Act No. 7719, also known as the
National Blood Services Act of 1994 which promotes voluntary blood donation to
provide sufficient supply of safe blood and to regulate blood banks.
Both
the DOH and the PNP is hoping that many individuals, not only PNP and uniformed
men and women, will become regular voluntary unpaid donors to guarantee
sufficient supply of safe blood and to meet the national blood necessities.
(BARecebido, PIA Sorsogon)
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