The people of Derry have been urged to support the Christmas and New Year Blood donation appeal.
Sinn Fein Councillor Colly Kelly said :”I was recently dealing with an issue for a constituent who had been very ill.
“During the course of the conversation they were telling me amongst other things that they had to get blood transfusions on a number of occasions over the past few years.
“I was very shocked that this was a young person who needed this life saving treatment. You always think of patients needing blood transfusions in the event of road accidents but this brought home to me that rarely do we think of people with medical conditions needing such treatment all year around.”
Cllr Kelly concluded: “There is a lot of pressure place on the Blood Transfusion service. They have said that the need for blood is constant, with 500 patients in the north needing transfusions each week, but at this time of year it can be particularly difficult to maintain their blood stocks.”
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