MONDAY-10TH DAY OF DECEMBER 2007-107 PINTS OF BLOOD COLLECTED

107 pints of blood collected
KOTA KINABALU: One hundred and seven pints of blood were collected in a blood donation campaign jointly organized by the Kota Kinabalu Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Likas and City Hall at Lintasan Deasoka here yesterday. According to organizing chairman Benjamin Batindal, the blood donation campaign which was held from 7am to 1. l5pm, was the church’s annual activity to increase the supply of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital’s blood bank. “As the year before, our target is to collect 100 pints of blood. We are so happy as we managed to reach the target. I thank those who donated their blood to save the people’s lives,” Benjamin said. “I hope the people will continue to donate their blood when we organize a similar program next year,” he said, adding they managed to collect 103 pints of blood in last year’s campaign which was held at the same place. “Next year, we are planning to organize a similar activity, with the cooperation from the drug agency and City Hall. For this future program, there will be a talk about the danger of drugs,” he said.