SGH appeals for donors to ensure enough blood stock

KUCHING: The Sarawak General Hospital ( SGH) is calling for members of the public to donate blood to ensure continuous and sufficient stock in its Blood Bank for needy patients at the hospital particularly during the Chinese New Year holidays.

SGH Medical Transfusion Unit head Dr Mohamad Masrin Md Zahrin said the hospital needed blood from A, O, AB and B groups.

“The number of blood donors who come to our Blood Bank at SGH or our Blood Bank Mobile Unit will decrease a week before and after the Chinese New Year celebration.

“In order to make sure that there is constant blood supply, we call on blood donors to come and donate their blood at our Blood Bank which will be open on Jan 30 from 8am to 3pm,” he said in a statement yesterday.

During the first and second day of Chinese New Year (Jan 28 and 29), both the Blood Bank and its mobile unit will be closed.

Dr Mohamad Masrin said the Blood Bank Mobile Unit will start operating from Feb 1 onwards.

“On Feb 1, they will be at Kolej Komuniti at Bangunan Sego, Jalan Sultan Tengah here from 9am to 3pm and the following day ( Feb 2), the unit will be at the Police Training Centre ( Pulapol) along Jalan Puncak Borneo between 9am to 1pm.”

He added that on Feb 4, the Blood Bank Mobile Unit will be at Giant Mile 10 as well as Mydin Semariang, Jalan Sultan Tengah from 10am to 3pm while on Feb 5, the unit will be at Summer Mall in Kota Samarahan and Emart Batu Kawa from 10am to 3pm.

Apart from that, the Blood Donation Counter at SGH will be open from Monday to Friday (working days only) from 8am to 4.30pm.

For more information, please call 082-276795 or 082-276797.

The number of blood donors who come to our Blood Bank at SGH or our Blood Bank Mobile Unit will decrease a week before and after the Chinese New Year celebration. Dr Mohamad Masrin Md Zahrin, Sarawak General Hospital Medical Transfusion Unit head