Voluntary Blood Donation Drive to Save our Mothers At VSMMC

Voluntary Blood Donation Drive to Save our Mothers at VSMMC 
on September 25, 2016 (Sunday) Regional Blood Center

At Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology is allotted one (1) operating room and one (1) dedicated anesthesiologist. Only one. But compared to other hospitals, we operate 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, and as public servants, we accept ALL patients who come seek our help for delivery. We do emergency cesarean section because these patients are mothers and their babies who can die if we do not intervene.

We do not turn away patients even if they do not have prenatal care. We do not turn away patients even if they don't have money. We do not turn away patients even if they do not have blood or blood donors. We do not turn away patients even if we don't have physical space or manpower. Because, if we start turning away patients, where will they go?

We need your help. We cannot do it alone. Mothers still die because of hemorrhage. They bleed to death when there is no available blood at the blood bank, when people do not care enough to donate their life-giving blood, when people start thinking about what they can get in return, when people keep thinking they don't have time to help.

You can help save our mothers and our babies. For a few minutes of your time, you can give your health to these patients. We need communities who care enough to take action to save our mothers and our babies. The Regional Blood Center along Jones Ave near Fuente Osmena is open to accomodate heroes who are willing to donate blood.  On September 25, 2016 (Sunday), the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology is organizing a voluntary blood donation drive for the benefit of our patients.  We hope to see you there!