World's Largest Blood Banks Prepare the stock ahead of Christmas Holidays

News Health Articles - World's Largest Blood Banks Prepare the stock ahead of Christmas Holidays. Ahead of the Christmas holidays, many people in countries with majority Christian population has been providing food stocks, as well as blood banks. Largest blood bank in the world are preparing a lot of blood demand surge occurs in the Christmas holidays.

Blood related to one's life and death. To welcome the Christmas holidays was the NHS Blood and Transplant Sentre in Filton, Bristol, providing more than 1000 gallons of blood to prepare blood demand surge associated with car accidents due to alcohol and increased over several weeks of Christmas holidays.



These blood banks handle 11 500 blood donors every week, or about 85,000 donors every year, making it the largest blood bank in the world.

Units of blood bank provides blood to 100 hospitals in southwest England with the emergency services 'lightning' when out of stock. Blood stock includes spare blood types A, O, B and AB, while the donor is still needed is for a rare type O negative and B negative.

Donor blood is processed through the center immediately, red cells last only 35 days. Central blood bank is currently increasing the stock of blood bags and has a row lined up ready to save lives.

"We process a large amount of blood that comes from donors and used immediately. We try and encourage people to donate at this time, because it is more difficult for people to come out and give blood. We need more blood during the Christmas period for various reasons , "explains Fay Simcox, spokesperson for the blood bank, as reported by Dailymail, Thursday (22/12/2011).

A grateful recipient when considering how blood bank to save his life after he lost 8 pints (3.8 liters) of blood is shocking during routine operation.

"I was in the hospital for gynecologic surgery in August last year when I ran with little difficulty. I originally lost 1 pint (0.5 liters) of blood and put in recovery for two hours. But the bleeding started again after my illness, and in half an hour I lose 8 to 9 pints of blood from the pelvic region. I'm just a few minutes from death. The medical staff frantically running around, trying to save my life, "the story of Laura Evans (33 years).

She was so grateful to the staff of the hospital, he also feels indebted to the bank's life blood.

"The generosity of their unconditional saved my life and allowed me to see my daughter growing up. I would encourage people to donate blood, it is one of the best things you can do," he concluded.