Tauranga NZ Blood Service Types O and A urgently needed

[Genestho]

New Zealand Blood Service Urgently Need A and O blood and will be having a special collect this Saturday


8.00am – 12.00noon

Please phone 0800giveblood (0800 448 325) or Visit www.nzblood.co.nz to see if you are eligible or to book an appointment


154 – 168 Cameron Road (opposite the fire station)
Mon – Wed 8.00am – 3.00pm
Thurs 10.00am – 6.00pm
Fri 7.15am – 12 noon

Eat and drink before donating and please bring suitable I.D.

Never know when and if you might need it yourself!:yes:
Cheers

[Stirts]

Thanks for the reminder. Can't on Saturday but will certainly get my butt down there on Monday.

Do they still provide a yummie cookie and nice cuppa after?

[Genestho]

Good on ya mate!!! Thankyou!!!

Yep they still provide tea and bickies!!!!

[Genestho]

Bounce!BUMP!!!! BOIOIOIOIOIIIIIIIIIIING!!!

[Genestho]

:wari::wari::woohoo::done:

[Little Miss Trouble]

Shit and arse!
I feel so guilty, perfectly good O+ blood & can't donate for another two months because of a tattoo

[cambridgedan]

I've been told that I can't give blood untill they have cleared a possible problem with somthink to do with my heart. Are you able to do a blood and tell is what blood type we are?

[Genestho]

You'd have to call the 0800 number buddy, I'm not qualified to give advice, but I think I recall that they can check for your blood type, and I think they can do this when operating out of the mobile unit as well, but maybe just call to confirm:yes:

There's some comprehensive info at the website too:yes:

[R6_kid]

They'd have a half litre of my 'red gold' O- if the clumsy bitch last time hadn't rooted my veins in the process of putting the needle in, causing crap flow into the bag - then she had the audacity to blame it on me being 'not hydrated enough'. :bash:

[R6_kid]

I've been told that I can't give blood untill they have cleared a possible problem with somthink to do with my heart. Are you able to do a blood and tell is what blood type we are?

If you go in to your 'local' NZ Blood Centre they can do a finger prick and tell you.

[Genestho]

WeeEeeeEEeeeEEeeeee:wari:

[alanzs]

A Positive here. I give every few months. :laugh:

[Highlander]

A Positive here. I give every few months. :laugh:

Snap.
I'm A+ but still have another 2 weeks before I can give blood again because it is too close to the last time.

[p.dath]

I'm in Auckland and a regular donor. I got a call today saying they were desperately short of O+ as well and asking if I can come in, so the problem must be more widespread than just Tauranga. I wonder if they'll start testing for sswine flu ...

[Dave Lobster]

They can't be that desperate, or they'd let english people donate.

[SpikedPunch]

Right, I'm all booked in for the 2nd of July :niceone: Haven't given blood since I was in grammar school. I'm O+ so hopefully they can do some good with that.
One thing they've never seemed to pick up on (can some medically inclined person fill me in here?) is that I've got a 'negative antigen'. Don't think it makes much difference giving blood but when I ruptured my spleen and had lots of internal bleeding the hospital said it'd be hard to get blood for me because of that. Just says O+ on my donor card though, does that matter?

[Genestho]

Right, I'm all booked in for the 2nd of July :niceone: Haven't given blood since I was in grammar school. I'm O+ so hopefully they can do some good with that.
One thing they've never seemed to pick up on (can some medically inclined person fill me in here?) is that I've got a 'negative antigen'. Don't think it makes much difference giving blood but when I ruptured my spleen and had lots of internal bleeding the hospital said it'd be hard to get blood for me because of that. Just says O+ on my donor card though, does that matter?

Cool Dude! Goooodstuff! Thankyou!
Grammar School? Where you from!?

Negative Antigen, I think I understand the concept, I won't explain the reason why, but twice I've had to have an injection of an antigen.

Because the situation wouldv'e been different, it's best if you ask the NZBlood crew, they're qualified. Google searching E-medicine is good too! Concise medical explanations!