Capiz policemen donate blood
ROXAS CITY – Forty-three policemen in the province donated blood during the mass bloodletting activity sponsored by the Capiz Police Provincial Office on July 26 at Camp Teodorico C. Apil here.
“This is our contribution to the community especially now that there is an increase of dengue cases in the province,” Capiz police director, Senior Supt. Josepheus Angan, said over dyVR RMN-Roxas City’s “Targetanay sa Udto” program.
Angan was the first to donate his blood among the policemen after the CPPO’s flag-raising rites. It was the second bloodletting activity held since Angan assumed as the provincial police director of Capiz in July 2008.
The CPPO initiative was in time with the observance of Blood Donor’s Month every July pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No.1021 dated June 9, 1997 and the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the National Blood Service Act of 1994.
The month-long observance aims to raise awareness on the need for quality and safe blood, thank and honor blood donors, and encourage regular blood donation.
Donating blood is a healthy practice to keep healthy blood cells in the body produced by bone marrow. It also contributes in the steady supply of safe blood for use wherever and whenever it is needed to save lives.
