In celebration of National Blood Donor’s Month, the Mandaluyong City local government will launch on Sunday, July 17, a blood donation drive to help increase Metro Manila’s blood bank reserves.
In a Facebook post on Thursday, July 14, Mandaluyong City Mayor Benjamin Abalos Sr. said that the blood donation drive will be from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m at the Atrium of the city’s Executive Building.
Abalos added that the event is spearheaded by the local government, together with the City Health Department-Laboratory and the National Voluntary Blood Services Program -Mandaluyong City , in partnership with Rizal Medical Center.During a recent press briefing, DOH OIC and Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire made the statement in observance of the National Blood Donors Month.
“Sparing 15 minutes of your time can save at least three lives,” Vergeire said, adding that donating blood gives more benefits than harm. “Mas maraming benepisyo kesa peligro ang buhat ng pagbibigay ng dugo kagaya po ng lowering the risk of heart attack, reducing the chances of cancer, at pagkakaroon po ng better mental state ,” she said.
July of every year is Blood Donors’ Month as declared by former President Fidel V. Ramos under Proclamation No. 1021 which was signed on June 9, 1997.
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