IBTS aim to recruit 15,000 new blood donors as Limerick clinics planned

Name: IBTS aim to recruit 15,000 new blood donors as Limerick clinics planned
Uploaded: 2024-03-04T14:00:16+00:00
Channel: Katie O'Donovan
Description: THE IRISH Blood Transfusion Service has launched a major drive to recruit 15,000 new blood donors in 2024, with local clinics.

Katie O'Donovan

March 4, 2024

Blood drive — Ann Marie Neville, Blood Donor from Ballylongford, Kerry, Josephine Haddock, IBTS Nurse, Askeaton, Limerick and Alex O’Connor, IBTS Recruitment Executive.

THE IRISH Blood Transfusion Service has launched a major drive to recruit 15,000 new blood donors in 2024.

“The demand for blood is constant and on any given day 200 patients receive transfusions in Irish hospitals,” a spokesperson for the IBTS said.

As part of the drive, local clinics will take place across Limerick.

Rathkeale House Hotel will host a blood drive on March 6 and 7 from 4.50pm to 8.10pm.

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The Woodlands House Hotel in Adare will hold a donation clinic on March 13 from 4.50pm to 8.10pm, while a clinic will be held at the University of Limerick on March 14 from 11.50am to 3.10pm.