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A day before concluding my NYSC programme, a building in Ita Faji, Lagos Island collapsed. A blood drive was coordinated by @LifeBankNigeria to help the victims and a good number of clinics/hospitals were identified as centres to donate.
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I and a good number of friends showed up at Island Hospital to give our bit to the cause but during the tests, I was told by the nurse that I would not be able to donate because I was anaemic. Imagine my shock.
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Every month, I go through excruciating pain that makes it feel like my essence was leaving me all in the name of menstruation. How is this even possible?
Anaemia, this is the condition that stopped me from saving someone with my blood.
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Anaemia, this is the condition that stopped me from saving someone with my blood.
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The first time I donated was in school and I was more excited about the experience than the actual impact.
They ran the tests & I was fit to donate but my friend almost cried because she was told she could not donate as she was anaemic.
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They ran the tests & I was fit to donate but my friend almost cried because she was told she could not donate as she was anaemic.
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Anyway, they talked me through the whole process and the person handling my donation was nice and funny, so I didn't "outwardly" panic about the size of the needle.
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Needle in, (I didn't believe it could fit honestly) they handed me a nice squishy ball to squeeze (that was fun) and it didn’t take time before the blood bag was full.
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I once saved the life of a seven-year-old girl I've never met. I'd just started my industrial training at the time at a clinic in Benin.
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That day, an elderly lady rushed in, crying that her grandchild was dying. The girl was admitted and placed on oxygen while I went ahead to take the blood sample for some test and realised her PCV was 11%.
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Her aunt was asked to go get blood from a blood bank but did not arrive after 3 hours. Seeing as her blood group was the same match as mine. I told my boss I was willing to donate and eventually did after some tests were carried out on me.
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