I am Majid Zare, 25 years old and work as a lawyer. I was born in Tehran, Iran. This is not a first time that I am donating blood; but whenever I donate blood, I have an extraordinary feeling afterwards and I feel like I did such a great job!
I am always thinking about whose life is going to be saved by my blood donation. I know someone in a hospital bed awaits my safe blood and anyone who is assured about his/her blood safety should try this humanitarian act of saving lives. Apart from having a great feeling and doing something altruistic, blood donation is good for my health too.
Majid Zare, Tehran, Iran.
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I am Elham Etemadi Nasab, 32 years old and born in Tehran. When I heard that the Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization needed blood and blood products, I decided to put my fear of needles aside and for the first time I donated blood and experienced the good feeling that comes after.
It was not scary at all and instead it helped me to avoid risky behaviors such as getting tattoos, and now I follow a healthy lifestyle.
The truth is that the distance from my bed to the bed of patient who needs blood in hospitals is just a vein apart and the blood that streaming in my body keeps them alive.
Elham Etemadi Nasab, Tehran, Iran
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I was infected to COVID 19 some time ago. Since I had serious illness and experienced many difficulties during my disease, I decided to come to Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization and donate convalescent plasma to help patients of COVID 19. Hygienic protocols are completely followed in IBTO blood collection centers; face masks are given to all blood donors and social distancing is fully observed. Implementing these hygienic measures help us to save the lives of patients of COVID 19.
Plasma donation, Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization