Lifeblood of Scottish blood donor service is honoured

MORE than 100 blood donors will gather today in the City Chambers to be honoured by the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service.

The Donor Award Ceremony is an annual celebratory event to reward and thank Scotland's most committed blood donors.

Donors will be presented with commemorative awards to mark 50 to 400 donations.

Edinburgh donor services manager Vincent Mooney said: "The ceremony is a wonderful opportunity for us to thank our donors for their invaluable contribution to Scottish healthcare.

"This year, over 100 blood donors will attend our ceremony having given an amazing 8,175 donations between them.

"This is a great achievement. As each donation can be split into three separate component parts - red cells, platelets and plasma - this means the donors attending our award ceremony will have saved or improved the lives of nearly 25,000 patients in Scotland."