Derry Sinn Fein Councillor Colly Kelly is urging members of the public to attend blood donation sessions being held in the city next week.
The Blood Transfusion Service will be holding donation sessions at St Marys College on the Northland Road on Monday and Tuesday next, 4 and 5 July, between 1.30pm and 4.00pm and 5.15pm and 8.00pm each day.
Urging support, Cllr Kelly said: "Blood donation is very important for the proper delivery of health care. Each year thousands of patients require blood transfusions in our hospitals, because they are undergoing surgery, recovering from cancer or have been in a serious accident.
“There is a lot of pressure placed on the Blood Transfusion Service particularly over the summer with people being away on holidays.
“They have said that the need for blood is constant, with hundreds of patients in the north needing transfusions each week, but at this time of year it can be particularly difficult to maintain their blood stocks.”
He concluded: “I would urge anyone who can, to go along to the blood donation session at St Marys College.”
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