The voluntary donation of blood is a noble act as it saves a life or more. Blood donation is a riskless process and takes only about 20 minutes. No pain is involved in this process. A normal person can donate about 450 ml of blood at a time. A three months interval has to be taken between two donations. This is in order to maintain the blood count in the body.

Need of Blood donation

There are thousands of patients in this world seeking blood transfusion due to various situations such as accidents, kidney failure, chronic anaemia, surgery, hemophilia etc.

Benefits of Blood Donation

The primary benefit from blood donation is the satisfaction the donor gets by saving a life. While donating the blood the donor gets a free health checkup and blood test. The donor gets the detailed report of this medical analysis including blood group determination, hemoglobin estimation and results of various tests for hepatitis B, C, HIV viruses, syphilis microbe, together with liver function tests. 100% confidentiality is maintained by the blood banks in delivering these test results.

The blood donation helps in reducing the risk of heart diseases by reducing the cholesterol levels and burning extra calories. After blood donation, new red blood cells get created in our body and refresh the circulatory system. This is observed more beneficial among youths.

The blood donation also helps in removing the excess iron accumulated in our body due to its overconsumption. Excess iron in the body results in the damage of body cells and tissues.

How to Donate Blood

A voluntary blood donor can contact the nearest hospital for donating his blood. Most of the hospitals have blood bank capable of receiving and preserving the blood. There are also various clubs including rotary and lions running frequent blood donation camps. A donor can also register in online blood banks and directories.