No, I'm not talking about the vampire seductress that visits my dreams... (analyse that for me
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I'm talking about the nurses and the needles and the half litre of blood they take at the clinics.
I'm interested in knowing how many of us donate blood, and I also want to encourage those that don't to consider doing so. It's a vital part of our medical system that relies on people to volunteer their time and a small part of their body.
What brought this on? Well I donated blood on Tuesday, and I remembered the relative lack of donors - our blood supply for surgeries, etc. is dependent on a fairly small percentage of the population.
For those living in Canada (and, for that matter, for those who don't have the fortune to reside in the Great White North [img]smile.gif[/img] ) here's a website with information.
http://www.bloodservices.ca/