Diamond Insurance hosts successful blood drive in Reg 2
Diamond Fire and General Insurance Inc on Saturday hosted a blood drive in collaboration with Suddie Public Hospital Blood Bank with the aim of making more blood available in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam).
Officials at the blood drive
The blood drive was held at Diamond Insurance, Henrietta, Essequibo Coast, under the theme “Give Blood Save Life.”
Marketing Manager of the insurance company, Priscilla Mackintosh stated that the event was hosted after reports surfaced about blood shortages in the region. The drive saw 16 units of blood donated.
“We are not there just for the profit…but we believe in people and the livelihood of the persons in the communities throughout Guyana. From our understanding, the 16 units was well received by the Suddie Hospital Blood Bank,” Mackintosh related.
A blood donor during the exercise on Saturday
However, Director of the National Blood Transfusion Service, Dr Pedro Lewis said that it was the first blood drive hosted by Diamand Insurance in Region Two.
“We want to give back to the community, not just through our mandate or services that we provide but also to help save lives and make a difference to those in need. We also encourage others to get onboard and donate blood,” Dr Lewis said
Branch Manager of the insurance company, Ravi Mohan related that after they saw the report, they made contact with the RHO, Dr Ranjeev Singh, who confirmed same. As such, Diamond insurance took all the necessary steps to organise the venue where letters were sent to all the prominent businesses in the township of Anna Regina and a few others in region 2.
Mohan further remarked that whilst the drive can be considered successful, they are still hoping to have more donors in the future and will continue to host more blood drives in order to eliminate the shortage of blood within the region.
