Phuket Red Cross makes urgent call for O-negative blood

PHUKET: The Phuket Regional Blood Center (PRBC), often called upon to save the lives of Thais and foreigners, has no reserves of O-negative type blood.

“We try to maintain a daily minimum stock of 200 units of A, B and O blood types, and 20 units of Rhesus-negative blood,” said PRBC Acting Chief Pornthip Rattajak.

“We need all types of blood, but right now have a special need for O-negative as we have patients waiting for surgery who need O-negative blood,” she added.

The Phuket Chapter of the Red Cross Society has announced its schedule of mobile donation clinics for the month of June.

To help replenish dwindling stocks, the mobile blood donation clinics will be at the following places and times.

June 11: Phuket International Hospital, 1pm-4pm

June 13: Centara Grand Beach Hotel, (Karon Beach), 1pm-4pm

June 18: Duangjit Resort (Patong), 10am-3pm

June 19: Central Festival Phuket, noon-6pm

June 21: Bangkok Hospital Phuket, King Karlgustaf Room 3rd Floor, 1pm-5pm

June 25: Nap Patong Hotel, 1pm-4pm

June 26: Prince of Songkla University (Phuket Campus), 10am-3pm

June 28: Dusit Thani Laguna Phuket, 10am-3pm

The blood center accepts donations at their headquarters on Rattanakosin 200 Year Road, next to Phuket Provincial Employment Office in Saphan Hin, at the following days and times:

– Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays: from 8:30am-4:30pm

– Tuesdays and Thursdays: from 8:30am-8pm

– Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays: from 9am-3pm

For more information contact the PRBC (Tel: 076-251178. Email: phuketrbc@yahoo.com).

— Auntika Sivasen