Blood donations flow in after appeal

Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy speaking to a donor at the Cotton Tree blood donation drive.

The Guyana International Relief Organisation (GIRO) and the Greenheart Medical University (GMU) recently organised blood donation drives, in response to the Ministry of Health’s urgent plea for blood, after stocks ran low.

GIRO organised blood drives at Cotton Tree, West Coast Berbice, where 43 units were collected, and at Providence, East Bank Demerara,