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Highland News & Media
  • 09/12/2024
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00:00I've given 50 blood donations, got my gold badge and I've just given my fifth plasma donation.
00:04Back in my youth, I used to go with mum and dad. It became a sort of family routine that would go
00:09along like a free biscuit. So when I turned the age of myself to give blood, then that's where
00:15we went and I've continued since. Plasma is a new one for me. On my 50th donation, they gave me a
00:20little card. My blood type's B+, and they were recruiting at a stage 4+. My donors read it
00:29as I thought about it. I thought, yeah, this is really good. I can do some more good. Blood
00:33donations give to three people. Potentially, plasma can go a lot further. So I'll get it going.
00:40It's my fifth donation. When we read it, it can go into autoimmune capsules can be made from it.
00:45So my wife suffers from a disease that's got a low autoimmune. So, you know,
00:50that's a personal reason and how many other people are right there that could benefit.