The UWI Blood Donor Foundation will be hosting its nineteenth voluntary blood drive on Saturday, March 6, from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex.
At the last blood drive, we succeeded in collecting 93 voluntary pints of blood. This was a huge accomplishment given the circumstances. We would also like the upcoming blood drive to be a success so we need your support. To follow the social distancing guidelines, blood donations will be done at two locations on the compound of the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex:
1) The blood bank
2) A mobile blood unit at the Southern Car Park
This will be a PURELY VOLUNTARY blood drive, which has tremendous benefits. Your blood donation can help save the lives of people who need blood transfusions.
The steps below outline the blood donation process which will ensure the safety of our donors and staff by maintaining social distancing regulations.
-Make an appointment using
this link. This appointment system will limit the number of donors present on the site at one time.
-We will contact you to confirm your time and tell you the location where you would be donating.
-On arrival at the site, please stay in your car and message in the WhatsApp group to notify the team. (Note that the WhatsApp group will be created closer to the blood drive date). Donors who arrive via other means of transportation can proceed to the allocated waiting area.
-A staff member will message donors when it is their turn to proceed to screening and donation.
Please note that facilities will be in place to allow hand-sanitization and facilitate social distancing. We will be coordinating using WhatsApp and text messaging. We look forward to seeing you at the blood drive. Thank you!
Check out the Facebook event page: https://fb.me/e/5jBqH8y1N
For information about the health criteria for donating blood: http://uwiblood.com/health-criteria-for-blood-donation/
Feel free to share this with friends and family. Thank you for your support. Stay safe.
For further info contact:
290-0600, 778-8782, 492-4739 or 390-1611
