By: Fredolin P. Aguinaldo
– Doha, State of Qatar
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| Courtesy of Jen Pacleb - ABS-CBN correspondent, Doha, Qatar |
In order to achieve optimum stock level of blood - Hamad
Medical Corporation mobilized their resources after various campaigns urging
Qatar residents to donate blood.
To serve the request of different organizations, Hamad
Medical Corporation deployed mobile blood donation centers at strategic
locations in order for Qatar residents to have easy access in joining the bloodletting
program.
Today (still going on at this writing) through the initiative
of Ms. Minda S. Obeidat, creator of Pinoy Ads Qatar along with PAQ administrators,
the Filipino Workers Cultural and
Development Center at Bin Omran, Doha, State of Qatar was swarmed by eager Filipino
volunteers to donate blood. Seventy
(70) registered individuals, comprises mostly of PAQ members along with fifty-one (51)
members of the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers, Inc., passed the initial screening and donated the greatest gift
another human can receive, life.
Ms. Minda S. Obeidat said that as a health professional who
works and has lived in Qatar for most of her life, it is her vision to help
everyone especially our “kabayans” (fellow Filipinos) to have access to the
best medical care offered by the State that is almost free-of-charge and
subsidized payments for most of the medicines given to its residents trough
various government health care facilities in Qatar.
Also in attendance was the resident officer of Overseas
Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), OWWA-Officer in Charge & Project
Director Mr. Philip T. Alano who assured that donors and volunteers had a pleasant stay at the center.
By giving blood – one is regenerating a healthy supply of
blood in his/her own system. Sharing a little bit of one’s time, a single blood donation can make the
difference between life and death. This just proves that not only
superheroes have the ability to save lives.
Note:
The
author is a big ”C” survivor since 2010 who spent his medical treatments at
leading health care providers of St. Luke’s Medical Center, Philippines and National Center
for Cancer Care and Research, State of Qatar and still productively
working at Qatar Petroleum since 1985.
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