Blood donors 'set example'

Several members of staff at the Middlesea Group donated blood at the blood donation mobile unit which was stationed in front of Middlesea House, the company's premises in Floriana.

Representatives of the unit explained that blood transfusions were a very regular occurrence, taking up the bulk of the bank's reserves. In fact, an average of 50 units of blood a day are utilised in hospital. "Gestures such as this, by the Middlesea employees, are very welcome and hopefully serve as an example for others to follow. It may also induce those who have donated blood a first time to make it their duty to become regular blood donors," a representative of the unit said.