CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – In a bid to help save more lives, Smart Communications and SM City Pampanga spearheaded a blood-letting activity on Wednesday where at least 100 members of the Philippine Air Force and 39 policemen in Pampanga volunteered to become donors.
Wo Rosete, Smart’s external relation-Luzon head, said they intend to institutionalize the blood-letting activity dubbed as “Community Care” and “we wish to do it nationwide.”
“We partner with other members of the community, people and organizations who could do it. In the case of Pampanga, it’s the PNP [Philippine National Police] and the Philippine Air Force,” he said, adding that walk-ins are also welcome to donate blood.
Trained Red Cross personnel administered the bloodletting in a vacant area at the mall, making sure that volunteers undergo various blood tests to qualify and become donors. This is to prevent the transmission of HIV and other diseases.
Health experts say that donating blood does not only benefit the one who received the blood but also the donor. “Excess iron, which causes free radical formation in the body, is removed through blood donation.”
Some studies also who that men who donate blood once or twice a year have a lower risk of heart disease.
Meanwhile, hundreds of policemen also joined the bloodletting activity in Camp Olivas, Pampanga on April 11 during their 54th birthday of Chief Supt. Leon Nilo A. Dela Cruz, director of the Central Luzon police office.
Wo Rosete, Smart’s external relation-Luzon head, said they intend to institutionalize the blood-letting activity dubbed as “Community Care” and “we wish to do it nationwide.”
“We partner with other members of the community, people and organizations who could do it. In the case of Pampanga, it’s the PNP [Philippine National Police] and the Philippine Air Force,” he said, adding that walk-ins are also welcome to donate blood.
Trained Red Cross personnel administered the bloodletting in a vacant area at the mall, making sure that volunteers undergo various blood tests to qualify and become donors. This is to prevent the transmission of HIV and other diseases.
Health experts say that donating blood does not only benefit the one who received the blood but also the donor. “Excess iron, which causes free radical formation in the body, is removed through blood donation.”
Some studies also who that men who donate blood once or twice a year have a lower risk of heart disease.
Meanwhile, hundreds of policemen also joined the bloodletting activity in Camp Olivas, Pampanga on April 11 during their 54th birthday of Chief Supt. Leon Nilo A. Dela Cruz, director of the Central Luzon police office.
