Blood donations provide life supporting treatment to victims of accidents, to surgical patients, and those who need special blood components and derivatives during treatment for cancer and other diseases . Cancer treatment now requires vast quantities of platelets and other blood components. Treatment of hemophiliacs will continue to increase in proportion to the increase in their life expectancy. The number of sophisticated surgical procedures like open-heart surgery and organ transplants has increased dramatically. Recent studies point to possible breakthroughs in cancer research through the use of materials made from blood products.
Blood is life.
You can donate whole blood as well as specific life-saving blood components of blood. All blood types are needed, and a special need exists for Type O . You can also be admitted into the Bone Marrow Donor Registry . The importance and types of whole blood donation. A list of blood donation requirements.