Our Raven BDC donated three bottles of A type blood on November 26th 2007. The patient was a 10-years-old boy from Toon Tay Township in Pyaw Bwe, who was admitted at the Children's Hospital with Dengue fever. The boy's father called the head of Town council of Toon Tay to help him find a blood donor for his son. The head of town council looked for one in Toon Tay. However the blood type was one barrier that they couldn't jump over. The head of town council had seen us donating blood, so he called us to help donate three bottles of A type blood for the boy. It was 7 PM when he called.
Therefore, Raven BDC searched for the suitable donors and went to the Children's Hospital at 7:45 PM. We got there at 8 PM and looked for the child there. Those attending the child patient, the grandfather and grandmother of the boy, were quite amazed and overjoyed by our arrival, and they didn't know that the donors were asked for by their town council head from Toon Tay.
As usual, the blood bank at the Children's hospital was closed already. So, the doctors from another ward who were in-duty that day at night measured the blood pressure and took the blood sample. This was done by 8:15 PM. We waited at the hospital for the results after that and the results came out at 8:45 PM. After we got the result, we had to wait for the doctors to finish attending the patients at their assigned ward. At 9:15 PM, the blood transfusion started and it ended around 9:30 PM. We sent the donors back home after that. We gave out our Raven BDC pamphlets to make sure that the doctors would be able to contact us when in immediate need of blood arises at the hospital.
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