The LIME Foundation, has joined forces the National Blood Transfusion Service (the Blood Bank) in a bid to help the Service achieve 100% voluntary donation of blood by the year 2020. This would enable the Blood Bank to adequately respond to the ever-increasing needs of Jamaica’s growing population.
As such, the LIME Foundation will be organizing a blood donation drive on Friday August 29, which is intended to be an annual event.
In addition the LIME Foundation will provide the Blood Bank with 16 laptop computers to assist with the upgrading of its donor management system which is now predominantly paper-based.
Executive Chairman of the LIME Foundation, Errol Miller, announced the strategic partnership during a media briefing to launch the inaugural LIME Foundation Blood Drive, held the Blood Bank’s offices in Kingston today.
The Drive, set for August 29, 2014 at the Foundation’s offices located at 47 Half-Way-Tree Road in Kingston 10, will target LIME’s employees and all businesses between Cross Roads and Half-Way-Tree between 9am and 4pm. The general public is also welcome to attend.
Mr. Miller expressed, “The need for blood is great and we want to try and do what we can to help. Many Jamaicans would be aware of the Foundation’s strong support for the country’s public health sector and through this investment we are hoping to boost blood storage levels beyond the current 50% of the nation’s requirement.”
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