APHERESIS DONAR
 
SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU
 
It is a great gesture on your part to volunteer help for a needy patient. We extend our heartfelt thanks to you in this regard. Since you are now an SOS Voluntary Blood Donor we would like to share yet another vital and life saving procedure with you, called APHERESIS.
 
FACTS TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION  
YOU DONATE 350 - 450 ml OF BLOOD DURING EACH DONATION THE VOLUME DONATED GETS REPLINISHED IN 72hrs.
 
PLATELETS  
THIS IS THE INGREDIENT OF OUR BLOOD WHICH HELP US CLOT BLOOD IN ANY KIND OF A BLEEDING DISORDER. EACH HEALTHY INDIVIDUAL's COUNT OF PLATELETS IS BETWEEN 1.5LACS TO 4LACS AT A TIME ONLY 200ml - 300ml OF PLATELETS ARE COLLECTED
THE DONATED COUNT OF PLATELETS GETS REPLACED IN LESS THAN 48HRS.
YOU AS A DONOR JUST DONATE ONE INGREDIENT OF BLOOD ONCE THE DONATED PLATELETS GETS REPLACED IN 72HRS YOU ARE AGAIN FIT & HEALTHY TO GO IN FOR YET ANOTHER PLATELET DONATION
 
WHAT COULD MEAN A FEW HOURS FOR YOU COULD MEAN A LIFE FOR SOMEONE
 
IN WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES DOES A PATIENT NEED APHERESIS?
A PATIENT WITH HIS PLATELET COUNTS AT A DRASTICALLY LOW LEVEL THAN THE NORMAL VALUES. GENERALLY A PATIENT SUFFERING FROM CANCER, DENGUE FEVER OR ANY OTHER KIND OF A BLEEDING DISORDER THE PATIENT NEEDS A LIVE DONOR AT THE EARLIEST TO HELP HIM IN SUCH LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TIME IS CRUCIAL IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE NEEDFUL HAS TO BE DONE AT THE EARLIEST.
 
READING THE ABOVE, WOULD YOU VOLUNTEER YOURSELF AS AN SOS APHERESIS DONOR TOO?