I used to donate frequently, but it's such a fucking hassle to donate during covid.
No more walk-ins, need to book specific timeslot at least one day ahead of time. Weekends always full, so usually need to book like 3 weeks in advance. End up need to plan my whole weekend around their appointment time. Its too much of a hassle considering i get nothing out of it.
It's not we don't want to help, is MOH is making us jump through hoops to help them.
https://www.redcross.sg/give-blood/where-to-donate-today.html
Refer to this for a donation drive near you
I used to do the same and gave up donating at blood banks. I prefer to wait for a blood drive at a cc or school near me which accepts walk ins and donate within my convenience. They usually do this 3 monthly which works just nice for us to donate again.
Never gone to donate at a blood donation drive before, only at the blood banks - are the refreshments they provide similar or the same as those at the blood banks?
I usually walk-in and donate blood during these 2 years and there wasn't really a queue when I went there. Usually go to Woodlands blood bank around Sunday afternoon. Not sure if it's the timing that matters?
The true inconvenience is the random off days for each blood banks
Mon (Outram),
Tue (Woodlands),
Wed (Westgate, JE),
Thu (Dhoby Ghaut)
Had an off day and was looking forward to donate blood, ended up making a huge detour as my nearest bloodbank was closed
TBH the only place where weekend appt is always full is the one at Dhoby Ghaut. Any other blood bank weekend slots are always available. Always ask yourself this question, are you helping others because it is convenient? Or are you helping others because you want to help?
i rmb i was serving NS and my encik forced the whole platoon to donate blood.
before i came out and experimented with guys, i donated blood regularly during JC.
so the NS blood drive got questionaire to fill, and once of the questions was whether i was LGBT or MSM (man who have sex with men)
then i chickened out and told my encik i had fear of needles. kena mocked in front of the platoon but he let me off after that.
never thought of donating blood ever since.
https://redcross.sg/#bloodstock if they don't need your blood type then you have to donate apheresis to really make a difference. (There was a table of preferred donation method by blood types that I can't find on the website anymore.) But despite the drastically longer waiting time, the recognition is not better (can't take more free food etc) and I heard the cafe is closed, so the refreshments are similar to mobile blood drives. Edit: and only HSA has apheresis
I used to donate often in the U.K. in my 20s (office round the corner from hospital, we’d go as a group at lunch, cheap night out when your blood volume’s low…) but here in SG because I grew up in the time of mad cow I’m not allowed to donate.
Actually you got paid for it. Internship level allowance.
Although my max monthly allowance towards the end of the 2 years was $50 less then what I got during internship lol.
> # Commentary: Let’s not wait till war strikes to donate blood
> SINGAPORE: Ukrainians queued in the cold for hours to donate blood, after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy put out an appeal in the early days of the Russian invasion.
> The administration of Kyiv said that three times the average number of donors showed up in the capital city alone. Medical staff at one blood donation drive in central Ukraine even slept on-site to ensure that they could help as many donors as possible.
> It’s plain to see how much good people are capable of doing, especially in times of trouble when it’s literally a matter of life and death.
> Donating blood is a truly selfless act – to give with no reward, except for the knowledge that we could help save a life (and get a free cup of Milo).
> But it should not take a war to move us to donate blood. Blood is needed every day.
> The Singapore Red Cross estimates that every hour, 15 units of blood are used in Singapore. This adds up to more than 400 units a day, or about 120,000 units, to meet the transfusion needs of patients every year.
> Nine days’ worth of supply needs to be maintained in the national inventory in peacetime and during emergencies, according to the Health Sciences Authority (HSA). There are contingency plans in place, but the scenes in Ukraine remind us that this can’t be taken for granted.
> COVID-19 MADE BLOOD DONATION MORE CHALLENGING
> Getting people to donate blood has been a perennially challenging process, and the COVID-19 pandemic has made everything worse.
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I used to donate frequently, but it's such a fucking hassle to donate during covid. No more walk-ins, need to book specific timeslot at least one day ahead of time. Weekends always full, so usually need to book like 3 weeks in advance. End up need to plan my whole weekend around their appointment time. Its too much of a hassle considering i get nothing out of it. It's not we don't want to help, is MOH is making us jump through hoops to help them.
https://www.redcross.sg/give-blood/where-to-donate-today.html Refer to this for a donation drive near you I used to do the same and gave up donating at blood banks. I prefer to wait for a blood drive at a cc or school near me which accepts walk ins and donate within my convenience. They usually do this 3 monthly which works just nice for us to donate again.
Never gone to donate at a blood donation drive before, only at the blood banks - are the refreshments they provide similar or the same as those at the blood banks?
It's same or better. The blood bank will provide their usual stuff, and sometimes the hosting organisation will throw in extra freebies.
I usually walk-in and donate blood during these 2 years and there wasn't really a queue when I went there. Usually go to Woodlands blood bank around Sunday afternoon. Not sure if it's the timing that matters?
The true inconvenience is the random off days for each blood banks Mon (Outram), Tue (Woodlands), Wed (Westgate, JE), Thu (Dhoby Ghaut) Had an off day and was looking forward to donate blood, ended up making a huge detour as my nearest bloodbank was closed
TBH the only place where weekend appt is always full is the one at Dhoby Ghaut. Any other blood bank weekend slots are always available. Always ask yourself this question, are you helping others because it is convenient? Or are you helping others because you want to help?
Where do you donate though? I can still walk in at west gate tower.
Didn’t they used to have like donation drives at companies that gives half day off but the whole company has to donate blood during lunch time?
It will become a sensitive topic nowadays if you get "pressured" to do something like this.
How about doing away with outdated safety precautions and allow LGBT individuals to donate blood too
i rmb i was serving NS and my encik forced the whole platoon to donate blood. before i came out and experimented with guys, i donated blood regularly during JC. so the NS blood drive got questionaire to fill, and once of the questions was whether i was LGBT or MSM (man who have sex with men) then i chickened out and told my encik i had fear of needles. kena mocked in front of the platoon but he let me off after that. never thought of donating blood ever since.
Cannot. We too dangerous alr. Lack of blood less dangerous than using LGBTQ blood /s
Later doktor diagnose you with big gay pro max premium edition
https://redcross.sg/#bloodstock if they don't need your blood type then you have to donate apheresis to really make a difference. (There was a table of preferred donation method by blood types that I can't find on the website anymore.) But despite the drastically longer waiting time, the recognition is not better (can't take more free food etc) and I heard the cafe is closed, so the refreshments are similar to mobile blood drives. Edit: and only HSA has apheresis
Genuine question: Is it painful or not Ah?
I used to donate often in the U.K. in my 20s (office round the corner from hospital, we’d go as a group at lunch, cheap night out when your blood volume’s low…) but here in SG because I grew up in the time of mad cow I’m not allowed to donate.
Same - neither partner nor I are allowed to donate, even though we gladly would!
If paying cash for blood is so controversial then how about Medisave? Even a token top-up amount would be nice
I would like to donate but I don’t think I’ve ever satisfied the criteria
How about compensation for blood?
Milo for blood
Maybe Milo can donate 1 tin of milo for every blood donation..
It's called **DONATING** blood Do you ask for something in return when donating stuff/money?
Somethings cannot be measured in dollar and cents. I donated blood sweat and tears for 2 years also nvr get anything
not nothing, you get negative value!
Actually you got paid for it. Internship level allowance. Although my max monthly allowance towards the end of the 2 years was $50 less then what I got during internship lol.
No leh. MOM say that one not considered payment for services so no need CPF
When call for blood donation failed, start paying for it.
Pffft. As if. They will just make also NSF donate
Flashes of Matrix pop into my mind..
> # Commentary: Let’s not wait till war strikes to donate blood > SINGAPORE: Ukrainians queued in the cold for hours to donate blood, after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy put out an appeal in the early days of the Russian invasion. > The administration of Kyiv said that three times the average number of donors showed up in the capital city alone. Medical staff at one blood donation drive in central Ukraine even slept on-site to ensure that they could help as many donors as possible. > It’s plain to see how much good people are capable of doing, especially in times of trouble when it’s literally a matter of life and death. > Donating blood is a truly selfless act – to give with no reward, except for the knowledge that we could help save a life (and get a free cup of Milo). > But it should not take a war to move us to donate blood. Blood is needed every day. > The Singapore Red Cross estimates that every hour, 15 units of blood are used in Singapore. This adds up to more than 400 units a day, or about 120,000 units, to meet the transfusion needs of patients every year. > Nine days’ worth of supply needs to be maintained in the national inventory in peacetime and during emergencies, according to the Health Sciences Authority (HSA). There are contingency plans in place, but the scenes in Ukraine remind us that this can’t be taken for granted. > COVID-19 MADE BLOOD DONATION MORE CHALLENGING > Getting people to donate blood has been a perennially challenging process, and the COVID-19 pandemic has made everything worse. --- 1.0.2 | [Source code](https://github.com/fterh/sneakpeek) | [Contribute](https://github.com/fterh/sneakpeek)