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June 12, 2012
Every minute of every day, someone in Canada needs blood. That someone could be a loved one, a friend, a co-worker – or even you. In Canada, roughly 137,000 people are diagnosed with cancer every year. We all know that cancer patients often need blood or blood products to survive their treatments. The number of transplants has increased steadily from 16 per one million Canadians in 1981 to 59... more
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February 24, 2013
After being a regular blood donor for years I was approached to donate platelets. As a result I signed up at the Apheresis Clinic and am able to donate every two weeks.
They have two types of machines, with the more modern one being much faster. Depending on your platelet count it will take 90 minutes, but maybe a bit longer. They have DVD players and a selection of movies if you want...
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November 09, 2011
This is Toronto's main donation clinic, and is the only one that does plateletpheresis, that's the blood clotting agent needed by cancer patients.
I've been donating platelets here for years, and seen the technology change considerably. With platelets, a donor can make a donation every two weeks, unlike whole-blood donations that require an eight-week wait. It is an investment in time to...
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