If you gave blood at school or at a work place, you will then receive a letter which invites you to donate blood again in the future, together with a blood donor newsletter. If you gave blood at one of the headquarters' clinics, you will not receive a newsletter but after 3 or 4 months you will receive a calling card which invites you to come and donate blood again. If your blood is alright, you will NOT receive a blood donor number, because blood donor numbers are only given when our tests have shown that a blood donor may have an infection. Women may donate after every four months and Men may donate after every three months. Regular blood donors may continue to donate up to 65 years after which it may not be permitted.
Blood donation is the process of giving blood willingly to help patients in hospitals.
Hospitals need to have an adequate supply of blood ready for operations and emergencies. Being a blood donor is probably only one of several ways in which you show your personal commitment to helping patients in hospitals. But if you think about it, you will see that the kind of help you give by being a blood donor is special and unusual in more than one way. And perhaps even more extraordinary is the fact that the person whose life you save is not a relative or a close friend but a complete stranger. To be willing to help a stranger, without demanding any benefit for yourself, shows the true generosity which is always shown by blood donors.