{"id":73911,"date":"2017-10-18T13:28:13","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T11:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=73911"},"modified":"2017-10-18T13:28:13","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T11:28:13","slug":"blood-supply-critically-low","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2017\/10\/18\/blood-supply-critically-low\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood supply critically low!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The blood supply in South Africa is at just 1.8 days of Group O stock, equating to less than 2 000 units. Donors are urgently needed to come forward, the South African National Blood Service (SANBS) announced today.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe situation is reaching a critical level<\/a> and we appeal to all South Africans – active donors, lapsed donors and potential donors – to donate blood to bolster the national bloodstock,\u201d Silungile Mlambo, National Marketing Manager for the SANBS said.<\/p>\n

Read: SANBS face severe shortages<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Reacting to this national crises, the Midwit branch will be having more blood drives than regular over the next few weeks, leading up to the holidays.<\/p>\n

Donors can expect to see more of the SANBS mobile teams at shopping centres in and around Middelburg and eMalahleni.<\/p>\n

Watch: VIDEO – Journey of blood<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

There is a serious appeal to the donors to present themselves as soon as possible to donate their unit of life-saving blood.<\/p>\n

Nearby donor centres:<\/h3>\n

Middelburg:<\/strong> Wonderpark Centre<\/p>\n

eMalahleni:<\/strong> Highveld Mall (Edgars Entrance)<\/p>\n

\u201cSo many people in life-threatening situations require blood. It\u2019s what saves a haemorrhaging mother\u2019s life so that she can raise and love the baby she has just brought into the world. It\u2019s what saves someone suffering complications during major surgery. It\u2019s what helps cancer patients endure and survive treatment. That\u2019s the point: it\u2019s not just blood. It\u2019s saving people\u2019s lives, through a simple, easy donation,\u201d says Mlambo.<\/p>\n

Read: Loyal bleeders got bling<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Urgent request to donate blood. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5031,"featured_media":73912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Editorial","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[2041,8301,8298,2996,8304,1758,8308,21966,8302,2042,8303,4971,8306,8305,8300,8299,8307,4715,3861],"class_list":["post-73911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-blood","tag-do-you-get-paid-for-donating-blood","tag-donate-blood","tag-emalahleni","tag-group-o","tag-highveld-mall","tag-is-it-dangerous-to-donate","tag-middelburg","tag-not-just-blood","tag-sanbs","tag-save-lives","tag-shortage","tag-silungile-mlambo","tag-south-african-national-blood-service","tag-where-can-i-donate-blood","tag-why-must-i-dontate-blood","tag-will-donating-blood-affect-me","tag-witbank","tag-wonderpark"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["blood","do you get paid for donating blood","donate blood","emalahleni","Group O","Highveld Mall","is it dangerous to donate","middelburg","Not just blood","SANBS","save lives","shortage","Silungile Mlambo","South African National Blood Service","where can i donate blood","why must i dontate blood","will donating blood affect me","Witbank","wonderpark"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5031"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}