Students donate blood to DOH

Students of Mandaue City College donated blood to solve the shortage of blood supply in Central Visayas.

“Ganahan lang gyud ko magpakuha aron makatabang sa mga tawo (I just like to donate blood to help other people),” said Mary Joy Lauron, a second year education student.

Lauron, a regular donor of the blood donation drive, was one of the 33 students who donated blood during the bloodletting campaign of the Department of Health Regional Blood Center.

Randal Angob, donor recruitment officer of the DOH-7, said their blood supply is way below the daily consumption of 150 bags of blood, thus the need to intensify their bloodletting campaign in schools.

“The 33 bags we have collected from MCC means a lot,” he said. Each bag contains 450 cc of blood.

But he said they have yet to screen the blood.

Gretsyl Zamora, one of the attending nurses and admired the students for donating blood, braving the needles.

Richard Perez, the school’s coordinator for National Service Training Program (NSTP), said majority of the donors from the NSTP class were males.

During the activity held inside the school campus, many volunteered to donate blood but were disqualified after failing to get the minimum six-hour sleep required for a donor. Some also admitted that they drank alcoholic beverages the night before, while  others said they had menstruation.