{"id":22499,"date":"2024-09-05T17:38:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T17:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=22499"},"modified":"2024-09-05T17:38:01","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T17:38:01","slug":"linden-hospital-complex-hosts-regular-blood-drive-to-boost-national-supply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/linden-hospital-complex-hosts-regular-blood-drive-to-boost-national-supply\/","title":{"rendered":"Linden Hospital Complex Hosts Regular Blood Drive to Boost National Supply"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Shawnette Fiedtkou<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) held a successful blood donation drive on Wednesday at its reception area, aiming to ensure a steady supply of blood for the National Blood Bank. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The drive, which ran from 9 a.m. to the afternoon, aimed to collect 12 units of blood to support various medical needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cassie Jordan, a Blood Donor Attendant, facilitated the event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The LHC is dedicated to hosting monthly blood drives to promote voluntary donations and raise awareness about their importance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to this regular drive, the hospital will also organize a special blood drive at Alya on Friday, specifically for employees and management by invitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For those interested in donating, the criteria are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Must be 17 years or older (16-year-olds need written parental\/guardian consent).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Must weigh at least 110 pounds.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Must be in good health, free from blood-borne diseases.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Must willingly volunteer to donate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>All blood types are welcome. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hospital\u2019s laboratory accepts donations from Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., with flexibility for those who cannot meet these hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The primary goal of these drives is to ensure a continuous and adequate blood supply for pregnant mothers, accident victims, newborns, and children with various health conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Shawnette Fiedtkou The Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) held a successful blood donation drive on Wednesday at its reception area, aiming to ensure a steady supply of blood for the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22535,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22499"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22538,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22499\/revisions\/22538"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}