Recently nagviral yung call for donors ni MMC, with that iconic photo nung red lights sa façade nila. Nag chat naman sa gc namin recently yung kaibigan kong taga-PRC na naghahanap sila ng blood donors and companies interested for blood drives.
No idea why PRC doesn't have a call for donors PR (heh) but after asking staff sa headquarters nila, normal daw na bagsak rin ang supply ng Nat'l Blood Service nila around the holiday season, partly dahil marami ang nadedefer but also dahil kumokonti ang nagdodonate.
If you're curious or interested, I'd highly recommend donating blood if you're able, between 18 and 65, and at least 50kg. Takes about an hour and a half, relatively painless (honestly ok pa yung karayom, yung lancet for blood typing yung mas masakit hahah) and your blood literally has no other substitute for saving lives. PRC NHQ sa Boni accepts walk-ins, sa individual chapters you'll have to ask first if they do individual blood donations. Most other hospitals that have blood banks also accept voluntary donors.
If you're curious about hosting a blood drive, you can also coordinate with PRC or your local red cross chapter. Usually niyan you provide the venue tapos sila na bahala with the rest. imo consider timing it rin and asking when they'll need blood the most. Pag oversupply kasi nasasayang rin yung mga nageexpire na blood bags, while pag ganitong low supply mula batanes hanggang sulu naghahanap ng dugo.
Asked sa PRC rin and they accept donors with tattoos and piercings, so long as it's been at least a year since your last one. Same lang with recent surgeries.
What I learned from needing blood supply for family: Red Cross is highly responsive to requests for blood supply. Can’t thank them enough.
Pero sa kahit anong source, hospital man or PRC or whatever… if there’s low supply, mayaman or mahirap, may pambayad ka o wala, may connection ka o wala—wala. Wala kang makukuha. I know of an executive who recently needed blood—siya mismo may posisyon sa hospital—but they still needed to call for donors. I personally experienced calling private and public hospitals for blood products for my child. We spent so much money just for blood and were willing to spend more makakuha lang ng dugo, but it was a real struggle dahil walang donors. Hindi rin ideal kung hindi fresh ang blood.
So please donate blood if you’re able to. It’s truly life saving.
magandang advocacy talaga ang blood donation drives lalo we cant manufacture blood in a laboratory, needed talaga from live humans.
Yet.
Ang hirap po ng manufacture kasi ang complex pud ng blood natin. Ganoon kagaling si Lord. Marami pong blood types pero yung mga mostly alam ng karamihan ay yung major blood type which is the ABO
A vampire's dream is so far off...
I really want to donate as well. Unfortunately, because I'm gay and have a partner (long term monogamous) hindi talaga nila inaaccept. I understand the reason though and understand na it's for safety pero it's really a shame kasi me and my partner really want to donate blood regularly.
Wait. Hindi naman discriminatory and blood donation ah. Kasi hindi lang naman gays ang nagkkaroon ng HIV at iba pang sakit na pwede makahawa by blood transfusion. Kua kahit kanino galing yung dugo, tinetest sa lahat ng possible na sakit.
Ngayon ko lang narinig yan
Edit. Oo nga! Meron palang ganyan thank you ngayon ko lang nalaman
Saan mo naconfirm? Di ko mahanap eh.
Parang I know this person, anyway. Sana di talaga mangyari yung 50/50 ka na wala ka pang makuhang dugo sa iba. Lalo na sa elders and critically ill.
Donate blood! Pero make sure na hihingi kayo nung coupon na proof na nagdonate ka. make it a regular thing. mostly positives ang effect ng blood letting aside sa sakit ng karayom at konting pagkahilo.
yung coupon na yan maalaking bagay. pag nangailangan ka na o ibang tao ng dugo, pwede mong ipalit yun, 2 coupon for 1 bag.
Di ko lng din sure kung same pa rin kalakaran ngayon. tsaka sana sa red cross talaga sya. kase sa mamahaling private yung binigay mo voluntarily ibebenta ng napakamahal
Just to correct this misconception. Hindi binebenta ang blood. What you actually pay for is a "processing fee" kasi kailangan pa mag-undergo ng further testing ang donor blood to determine if it is the correct match for the recipient. You can read RA 7719. It states that all blood banks are non-profit.
yung process ba na gagawin sa MMC at Jose Reyes, magkaiba pa?
Pero kung magpapatransfuse ka, san mas mahal? Again, literal na parehong process.
Dahil aircon sa MMC? Mas maganda karayom nila?
It is mandated by law that blood banks do not gain profit. Yun lang naman ang point ko. Ikaw kung gusto mo mag-donate sa public hospital at hindi sa private, go lang. But don't spread misinformation na "binebenta" yung blood anywhere.
daming mandated sa law. think how much of that is followed? i have respect sa volunteers ng red cross, pero sa pagka-pilipino wala ako masyadong tiwala. wala akong proof aside sa prejudice ko. donated a couple times, i make sure na red cross affiliated. i've done privat pero para na yun sa kakilala ko, pero even there, you need 2 donors to get 1 blood. like WTF. pero kailangan na so i let it be. same naman sa public pero dun matatanggap ko pa.
tingin mo bakit ganun ang proseso? saan mapupunta yung isang bag? we needed 2 bags so 4 persons ang dapat magdonate. san mapupunta yung 2 extra bags? and yung processing at typing babayaran pa rin naman yun for the 4 people.
That's all we need to know. You're just spreading misinformation.
mas sure ako wala kang alam sa actual reality. naghanap ka lang ng phrase na convenient to call me out, without considering the full context. sana one day di mo kailanganin pagdaanan yung sistema. kung nasa pinas ka, at di ka din naman above median, good luck. may patunguhan sana yang kamangmangan mo.
Ang context ay yung blood na donated ay not for profit.
that's none of our business honestly. hindi na natin saklaw pa yung i audit kung ano ano yung costs ng bawat hospital at bakit mas mahal sa ganito ganyan. we donate blood, at mapupunta sa nangangailangan. as simple as that.
besides, private and public hospitals both deserve blood donations. i think what you are saying kasi is u want to avoid donating sa private since sabi mo nga "binebenta ng napakamahal" e parehas lang naman merong mga pasyente na nangangailangan. donate where you can. let the hospitals do the rest.
hindi fair na sabihin na "it's none of our business". Yung tax mo, pinaghirapan mo kitain, pero ninanakaw, dapat none of our business din?
Eto dugo ko. Voluntarily at charitable ang pagbibigay. None of our business saan mapupunta? Ok lang naman talaga kung mahal man ang charge sa private, pero yung malaking margin na yun ay sa red cross napupunta.
Biruin mo, yung dinonate ko na libre, binenta ng mas mahal sa iba. Might as well na lang na magkaroon initiative yung private hospital to "pay for blood" then tsaka nila ibenta sa patients nila.
i don't get the analogy. tax is MANDATORY so i would NEVER say na that's none of our business kung saan mapupunta. blood is like what u have said, VOLUNTARY. you are encouraged pero hindi ka pinipilit.
i think common sense naman na private hospitals are expensive talaga, and maraming factors to consider kasi aminin na natin iba talaga ang quality of healthcare dito. kkwentahin pa ba natin yung margin between private and public hospitals kung ang goal naman ng pareho is to save lives?
donate where u can, pero wag nyo na i audit hahaha
so yung mandatory, you care, pero yung ibinigay mo ng voluntarily thinking na makakatulong sa iba, wag na isipin? luh.
yes common sense nga may difference ang service. pero yung dugo ko, hindi naman yun service para i-charge mo ng mas mahal compared sa ibang institution. so pinagkakitaan mo dugo ko. di mo pa rin gets?
as i said sa isa. payag ako kung across the board lahat ng ospital, public or private, pareho ang babayaran sa transfusion. most likely private ang bababa sa level ng public. pero wag nilang pagkakitaan yung resource na yun.
again din kung di ka aware, both public and private na naexperience ko, if you need blood immediately, you need 2 donors to get 1 bag blood. san mapupunta yung isang bag? parehong typing at process ang gagawin pero mas mahal yung isa. sa public bilhin man nung iba dun, ok lang. pero sa private, ibebenta nila ng mas mahal? and yes nabibili ang dugo sa blood banks. dialysis patient tatay ko and i know that.
hindi ka pa cguro deep into this system kaya ang dali sabihin na none of our business. been to both situations, donating and needing. kaya nga nag-encourage ako na magdonate ng dugo, just make sure sa red cross, yun yung point dun. gets mo na po?
I think dapat common sense na po ito pero still, let me make this clear. MMC is a private institution, not a government facility. Ang government facilities like Jose Reyes po ay funded by the government.
Mas mababa ang processing fee ng public hospitals kasi may tulong ang gobyerno sa facility nila. Pero kapag private hospital, bina-braso po nila yung expenses at yun po talaga yung raw na cost ng processing.
Aircon? Lahat po ng blood bank naka aircon. Kasi kasali po sa pag maintain ng machines na dapat hindi sila mag overheat kasi ilan sa kanila ay 24/7 na naka on.
hindi nyo nagets yung point ko. blood donated is given free. you do expect parity kung saan to mapupunta.
think about this. bagyo, nagdonate ka ng delata, ineexpect mo makakarating sa nangangailangan ng libre, pero ang nangyari yung nagdistribute, tamang nagbigay sa mahihirap na nasalanta, pero dun sa may kaya-kaya pero nangangailangan din, ibinenta nila yung goods na galing sayo.
anong mararamdaman mo? hindi ba yun pareho sa pagbibigay ng dugo, pero hindi mo alam kung sa less fortunate mapupunta or sa may kayang magbayad sa mamahaling ospital pero ibebenta sa kanila on the guise of "mas mahal na processing fee".
In fact, payag ako kung ilelevel ng private ang presyo nila sa public, kahit na si villar or sy pa mangailangan ng dugo ko.
gets mo na po yung point ko?
Maam, yung binabayaran nyo po is testing. Screening for HIV, Hepatitis B & C, Malaria and Syphilis. If ipapatest nyo po yan as regular patient sobrang mahal babayaran mo. Pero sa blood bags, may cap po yan if gaano kamahal ibibigay ng facility according to law. Ang pangalawa sa isang bag po ay binibigay sa pasyente. 35 days lang din po yan maistore yang dugo nyo at usually hindi na yan aabot sa expiry dahil ang bilis nh turnover. Ang di nyo po din gets is the shortage of blood kaya hindi dahil nirequest ay mabigyan agad. Sa blood request nyo po may nilalagay jan na diagnosis ng pasyente and ina-evaluate po niyan ang urgency kaya yung mga diagnosis na may anemia or ckd ay pinapadala ng donor dahil hindi naman yun urgent. Dapat kasi palagi ready ang bloodbank if ever may mga emergency like blood loss sa mga motor vehicular accidents, panganganak and even dun sa mga pamamaril.
Hindi nga nila yun binebenta jusko
ahh. kaya pala nung nangailangan tatay ko ng dugo nung bumaba rbc nya sa dialysis, nagbayad ako ng 1200 per bag? and ok lang, naubos na yellow card ko at wala na kaming makuhang 2 donor is to 1 bag. so sa public hospital blood bank ko yun nabili. in a way balik lang din sa public health system. and almost same price ang bigay ng red cross na may konting difference.
tingin mo magkano nung nagtanong ako sa private hospital blood bank?
tingin ko lakas nyo makacomment wala naman talaga kayong alam sa actual na sistema. BINEBENTA PO ANG DUGO.
I can show you my license and 7 years experience in blood bank but that still won't change your opinion. Your ego is too big to see facts. Gaano ba kahirap isaksak sa utak mo na hindi nga binibenta ang dugo? Yang binayaran mo ay processing fee. Sana bayad ka sa pagiging troll mo. Kasi kung POV mo talaga to kawawa ka naman at ang level ng comprehension mo. Mag condom ka para hindi na dumami lahi niyo.
Here are the facts I know:
- 2 donor is to 1 bag. You claim to work in the blood bank so you should know this. Ang hindi ko alam ay saan ang tungo nung isang bag.
- 1200 per bag pag inavail sa public blood bank circa 2022. walang qualms dito dahil hindi ako tanga alam kong minemaintain ang quality ng dugo. The aircon I mentioned is yung during extraction.
- "Donate blood! Pero make sure na hihingi kayo nung coupon na proof na nagdonate ka. make it a regular thing. mostly positives ang effect ng blood letting aside sa sakit ng karayom at konting pagkahilo." I ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO DONATE. Hindi lahat ng di ka sang-ayon eh bayarang troll. anong pangtotroll dun? ikaw ang MABABA ANG COMPREHENSION. To think you claim na sa blood bank ka nagtatrabaho pero ganyan kahina pangunawa mo, no wonder ipagtatanggol mo talaga sistema nyo. lol.
Then sue us. Sue all blood banks you claim to sell blood. Kasi RA 7719 clearly states that blood is not for sale. But you are too stupid to even look for it kahit may iba nang nagsasabi dito.
Walang aircon kapag MBD madalas nga sa covered court lang ito. Hindi para sa tao yung aircon. Ang may aircon yung mga machines. Paulit ulit? Kahit grade 1 kayang ma pick up to.
You haven't done your part fact checking at walang point yung point mo. Sa tingin mo your opinion will matter? You can't even support it with law. Shame on you.
HINDI BINEBENTA ANG DUGO. Yung dugo libre, yung processing/testing of the blood ang may bayad. Non-profit and blood banks.
I would gladly donate blood, but I don't think papasa ako sa requirements.
I work sa hospital, totoo na konti lang supplies ng blood during this season. We highly urge relatives ng patient na mag donate ng blood para magka available lang sila
Hi, former medtech employee here sa blood bank ng PRC. If you have any questions. Just comment away. I will be glad to answer queries. Need na need ng dugo ngayong month. Maybe I can encourage some of you and clear some misconceptions.
Thank you.
Hi po, questions po since I can't donate bec I'm under 50kg so I'll encourage friends na lang:
Can they donate if: a) he is taking maintenance meds for cholesterol/uric acid? b) he has a tattoo that was from years ago pa?
Last question: What if the person doesn't know that they have blood infections, HIV or whatever, does the blood bank still test the donated blood?
Thank you!
Hi, thank you for taking time to ask questions and advocating your friends to donate.
Here are my answer to your questions.
A. Yes pwede as long as controlled ang blood pressure (related sa cholesterol bakit tumataas minsan) but sometimes may mga doctor na hindi nagaallow. Usually naman may mga kasamang doctor sa mobile blood donations or sa chapters or hospitals.
B. If the tattoo was done years ago, pwede na magdonate. Hindi ka lang papayagan magdonate if less than a year siyang nagawa.
And for your last question, lahat ng kinukuhang dugo for blood donation ay required itest for blood transfusion transmissible disease kasama na diyan ang HIV. So kahit hindi sila aware, madedetect at madedect yun. Bukod sa makakatulong ka na, malalaman mo pa ang status ng blood mo. Also, kaya din may processing fee ang mga dugo kapag isasalin na, para sa testing and processing.
I hope nakahelp ako to answer your questions. 😊
Wow. Thank you!!!
This wasn't even taught in our school.... o.o
pwede po ba mag donate yung mga nag ttake ng birth control pills (coc)? salamat!
Yes pwede, as long as pasok iba mong requirements for blood donation. 😊
Hello, question, if the donor is not aware they have blood infection like Hepa B, do you notify them once you’re done with the blood tests?
Ideally, yes. however, minsan may cases kasi masyado pang mababa ang detectable na hep b sa katawan mo kaya need pa siya ipaconfirm sa RITM so natatagalan magsend ng results sa donor. And ang way kasi to notify the donor is snail mail, kaya minsan naliligaw. Also, hindi din nakalagay sa mail na positive, need muna punta sa office para makausap ang doctor.
Hello! Ilang days nga po ulit before/after menstruation pwede mag donate ng blood?
Contrary to popular belief, pwede ka magdonate kahit may menstruation ka as long as okay ang assessment sayo before donation. 😊
Question po🖐 Kapag nagpa tooth wisdom extraction last Aug.2025, need ba talaga maka 1 year before maging eligible sa blood donation?
Hello! Afaik, yes, bawal, kasi nung sinubukan kong magdonate noong 2022 hindi ako pinayagan after 1 yr pa raw since hiniwa yung gums ko para matanggal wisdom tooth ko. Then nagtry ulit ako after a year pero since nagpabunot ulit ako (ito bunot lang talaga), hindi ulit ako pinayagan.
Yes po. Since wisdom tooth removal is considered as major operation, deferred po kayo for 1 year.
Hi OP! Sorry ikaw na tatanungin ko pero would you know if there are other requirements in donating blood? I would love to donate pero mataas ang cholesterol ko. Not sure if I am qualified.
Hi, medtech here. Allowed naman magdonate but kailangan mo ma-assess ng doktor kung may conditions pa na di ka pwede magdonate. Maraming bawal before magdonate, di ka pwedeng puyat, dapat 2 weeks nang tapos mens before you can donate (for girls ofc), bawal kape/alcohol within 24 hrs before donation, there are also some meds that can defer you, also tattoos (at least a year after), and vaccines (dipende if what vaccine ang tinurok sa’yo), also bawal din pag mataas blood pressure, tinatanong din if nakipagtalik ka (lalo pag male to male) kasi nagiging careful lang kasi dahil sa HIV cases.
Hello there. Any technique para mas madali akong makunan na dugo? Once pa lang ako successfully naka donate pero many times na ako nag attempt. Ang reason lage nade-decline dahil manipis daw ang ugat ko.
Hydrate well. Pag mahirap kuhanan ng ugat, nililipat sa senior MTs. Ako rin mahirap kuhanan before pero may time na nagtry ako mag weights haha, mas naging prominent yung ugat ko :) tsaka may times talaga na nagiging “mahiyain” yung ugat (sabi nila) kasi di pa raw nakukuhanan lagi
^ can vouch for both. Weight training (specifically hammer curls) and working on the car made my veins pop a little hehe. I keep hydrated the day before, then I try to stay a little bit more hydrated than normal right up to donation. Napupuno ko yung blood bag in 5-7 mins lol
Do you have to pay the tests to donate? For example, I want to donate but don’t remember my blood type
Before donation, chinecheck yung hemoglobin if eligible to donate, also blood type. However if tinutukoy mo yung other tests like HIV, Hepa B, dipende sa protocol ng hospi kung tinetest nila agad ‘yun.
There will be a doctor on site that will conduct assessment bago ka I-go.
Not OP pero wala masyadong other requiremenrs other than doon sa initially pointed out at iscreen interview ka pa rin nila before blood donation. AFAIK you can even donate even if you're hypertensive pero naka-inom ka na ng gamot mo for that day at normal ang BP upon donation. I'm a long time blood apheresis donor at kailangang kami every i-CBC before every donation kaya alam agad kung fatty ang dugo mo pero sa regular blood donation nde na nila tinetest yun.
The usual. Wag mag kape, wag puyat at walang sakit.
Though nasa rule pero ndi naman strictly enforced, bawal gays or people engaging in same-sex sex.
Kung di lang talaga ako takot sa injection palagi ako magdodonate
Nung nag internship ako dati sobrang normal na maubusan ng dugo to the point na tumatawag kami sa ibang hospital para mag tanong if may available sila na blood bag, kahit ibang hospital nauubusan na rin ng blood bag. Kaya usually after gamitin ni patient yung dugo encouraged sila mag hanap nang volunteer para ma replace yung ginamit nila na blood bag.
If available kayo, pwede kayo pumunta sa hospital and mag tanong if may blood center sila na pwede mag donate ng dugo. May pa freebie pa yan na sandwich pati zesto HAHAHAHA
Katakot talaga ang kelangan ng transfusion, may fam member ako na naaksidente at kelangan ng several liters including donors para ma replenish yung nagamit namin, kahit after ng operation kelangan pa ng transfusion at in turn more donations. Ang masaklap is sa lahi namin di pwede mag donate dahil may comorbidity so pa reach out kami, thankfully keri naman
Share ko lang. mababait mga tao dyan sa Red Cross sa Boni and maganda experience ko nung nag donate ako ng plasma. Cons lang eh sobrang tagal ng screening and extraction for aphrehesis pero aside don eh okay naman lahat. Planning to donate every month para manlang may magawa akong kabutihan🤣
Went there both sa Makati Med and PRC Boni, and I gotta say na mas mahigpit ng onti si MMC kasi according to them, ang priority patients na need ng blood transfusions ay yung mga nasa ICU, NICU, among others.
But don't feel discouraged everyone! Basta bukal sa puso niyo and pasom kayo sa requirements, gora magdonate!
Bakit sa Dec-Jan nagkakaubusan? Gets ko kapag tag-ulan dahil sa dengue
Ang Packed Red Blood Cells po natin ay may life span na 35-42 days depende sa additive upon collection. Nagkakaubusan po tuwing January to early February kasi wala po gaanong nagdo donate during holiday seasons kasi unhealthy yung pagkain at halos puyat lahat.
By January ubos na or pa expire na mga units na naidonate noong November. Dagdag mo pa na nagsisibalik ng hospital yung mga pasyenteng nagpa discharge lang during holidays.
Gusto ko itry ‘to ever since pero may kaunting trauma ako sa needles. Nahihirapan kasi mga nurses na makita yung ugat ko kapag kukuhanan ako ng dugo. Maraming beses pa na dalawang braso ko hinahanapan and nagtatagal kami ng 15-30 mins. kakapitik.
I regularly donate blood, 3 t0 4 months interval. Usually pag may blood donation drive sa work ko or sa nearest public hospital. Naging panata ko na lang din. Good for your healfh also.
sa qc din yung red cross sa likod ng city hall tabi gn kuhaan ng nbi and pnp clearance, open for walk in din kahit anong oras.
Donated sa QC Chapter ng PRC, not sure sa time, but they only accept walk-ins during M-W-F. Maybe they changed it due to the urgency recently, so better contact them ahead before going.
Lol another thing na problem sa healthcare kulang sa advancement. E.g., during operation, kapag nag bleed si patient, salin agad ng dugo. May mga instances kasi na puwede naman other alternatives such as protamine muna sana. Meron din ibang patient na kukuha ng dugo (natanggal na sa ref, itra-transfuse na) biglang na discharge na si patient. Sayang na ung blood product kasi di na puwede yun ibalik sa ref or sa blood bank ulit.
Yes strict tayo sa pag accept ng blood donors, pero parang medyo lax tayo sa pag release ng blood products.
Significant blood loss is best treated by replacement of blood with blood products. Protamine is a reversal agent of heparin, otherwise walang use sa bleeding na patient na hindi naman heparinated. Other IV fluids do not have the same qualities of blood and may actually worsen the condition of a patient.
As i’ve said, may mga instances.
Meron ka naman point na kulang tayo sa advancement because dito sa US pwede magtransfuse kahit hindi same bloodtype as long as compatible ang testing BUT they also have extensive antibody testing that not all bloodbanks in the Philippines perform dahil the kits are expensive. Pero to say na lax lang dahil salin lang ng salin is a big No. Hindi nga minsan makabigay agad ang lab kasi may prioritization sa pagbigay ng dugo due to shortage.
I don't think it's your call to criticize the course of treatment sa mga pasyente. You don't know any better kasi hindi mo naman nakikita kung anong nasa charts nila at kung bakit hindi binigay yung gusto mong approach.
I work in a blood bank for years now and you can't be giving misleading insights like that. Sinong nagde decide ng treatment plan ng pasyente? Diba doctor? Idk what other advancements you want pero mas well trained naman ang mga doctors compared sayo.
May mga units nga na nakukuha ng nurse stations tapos nag discontinue na sa transfusion pero hindi ba problem sa endorsement nila yon? Bakit hindi nila alam na padischarge na patients nila? Something like that.
Walang "lax" na blood bank na basta basta nagbibigay lang ng dugo lalo kung lean season. Kaya nga kasama sa blood transfusion request yung diagnosis ng pasyente at previous hemoglobin niya diba? Kasi kino-consider din namin yon. Hindi porket anim na units kailangan niya bibigyan ko agad ng anim. You'll have to negotiate first and clearly you lack experience on that kasi hindi mo nakikita ito sa setting.
May nabasa siguro sa libro na "advancements" na alternatives to blood transfusion tapos nang-judge na ng management ng mga doctor kasi bakit di gumagamit ng alternatives. Eh hindi naman kami nagpapakuha ng blood products for transfusion dahil trip lang. Student palang naman si redditor haha baka magets na niya pag may real world experience na siya.
Kaya dapat habang maaga palang dini-disiplina na itong mga to. Hindi yung konting knowledge lang akala nila alam na nila lahat.
I mean, tingin mo ba san kumukuha ng pang dinuguan mga tao?