Bank Of Butterfield Employees Donate Blood
The Bank of Butterfield today acknowledged the generosity of 14 of its employees in Bermuda who participated in a Butterfield Blood Donor Day on Thursday, 26 September 2013 at the Bermuda Blood Donor Centre at King Edward Memorial Hospital.
Sean Lee, Executive Vice President, Head of Bermuda Retail Banking, and one of the employees who donated blood, said, “In Bermuda, we’re fortunate to have world-class health care services available to us at KEMH. But the hospital’s ability to carry out emergency treatment and many procedures depends on the availability of donated blood.
“One out of three people will need blood in his or her lifetime. If it’s not you, you will likely have a friend, neighbour, family member or co-worker who needs a transfusion at some point. One pint of blood can be used to save up to three lives. There is always a need for donations.”
Mr. Lee continued, “The staff at the Blood Donor Centre are very helpful and accommodating, and they made things very comfortable for our employees—both veteran donors and first-timers. I would encourage other organisations to contact the Blood Donor Centre and set up employee donation days to help KEMH maintain its blood supplies.”
Butterfield said they would like to thank the following employees for their generous donations: Lydia Saraiva, Sharmaine Landy, Brenda Lister, Joanne Kippax, Tianny Greene, Eljahara Belboda, Robin Mullan, Mark Johnson, Sandra Ming, LaToya Viera, Tina Smith, Rhonda Joy, Sean Lee and Owen Martin.
Currently, less than 2% of Bermuda’s eligible population, or about 1100 people, are donors. The World Health Organization [WHO] indicates that in developed countries like Bermuda, about 6% of the population donates. WHO also reports that in many jurisdictions, 30% of donors are under the age of twenty-five. In Bermuda, less than 4% of our donors are under twenty-five.
The Bermuda Blood Donor Centre is responsible for providing a ready supply of life-saving blood to the hospital, which uses about 35 to 45 pints of blood each week. Donated blood is used for cancer patients, mothers and babies, accident victims, surgical patients and other people with anemia.
Contact the Blood Donor Centre at 236-5067 or email blood.donor@bhb.bm to learn about becoming a blood donor.
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Makes a change for the bankers to give Blood…they suck you dry like Vampires!
Discriminatory towards gay males perhaps? Bad blood in gay males?
From Bermuda Hospitals Board website.
Eligibility Criteria and Blood Donation in Bermuda:
* Male donors who have had any sexual contact with another male from 1977 until the present are deferred indefinitely.
There you go; look at that. And people say bankers are heartless.
(Of course it looks like they could only find 14 employees who still had pumping hearts ….)
More would have went but someone has to stay to answer the phones and service the customers in the banking halls!