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JAM | Jun 20, 2023

Dream Entertainment answers blood donation appeal

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Members of the Dream Ent. team, Yannick Reid, Scott Dunn, managing director, and Cheiftin Campbell donate blood at the National Blood Transfusion Service in honour of World Blood Donor Day.(Photo: Contributed)

Answering the call for donations by the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) last Wednesday (June 14), members of Dream Entertainment Limited were in attendance to champion the cause of voluntary blood donation across Jamaica.

The blood drive, organised in commemoration of World Blood Donor Day, was themed ‘Give Blood. Give plasma. Share life. Share often’.

Last Wednesday also saw the unveiling of a new mobile unit and the mounting of the name of the donors who has reached 50 units, on the ‘Donor Board’.

For his part, Scott Dunn, managing director of Dream Entertainment, noted that his team was honoured to be part of such a worthwhile initiative.

“Blood is a critical life-saving element of public health, and is needed for everyday operations in our hospitals. The need for voluntary donations is noticeable, especially after the pandemic when we were visibly short on blood to save the lives of our loved ones. Every donation is life-saving and in order to maintain a safe, healthy blood supply, donation is the key,”

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Dream Entertainment’s Cheiftin Campbell shows off his donated pint in honour of World Blood Donor Day at the National Blood Transfusion Service.(Photo: Contributed)
Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie (center), Chief Medical Officer- MOHW, is flanked by Scott Dunn (left), Managing Director- Dream Entertainment, and Igol Allen (right), Blood Donor Organizer on Wednesday at the World Blood Donor Day Ceremony at the National Blood Transfusion Service. (Photo: Contributed)
Managing Director- Dream Entertainment Ltd, Scott Dunn, successfully donated blood at the National Blood Transfusion Service in honour of World Blood Donor Day. (Photo: Contributed)
(from left) Igol Allen, Khadine ‘Miss Kitty’ Hylton, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie (center), Chief Medical Officer- MOHW; Dr. Marlene Tapper, Acting Director- National Laboratory Service and Patrick Foster, Driver- MOHW, participate in the ribbon cutting for the new mobile unit at the World Blood Donor Day Ceremony at the National Blood Transfusion Service on Wednesday, June 14, 2023. (Photo: Contributed)
Dr. Marlene Tapper, Acting Director- National Laboratory Service, gives her remarks at the World Blood Donor Day Ceremony at the National Blood Transfusion Service on Wednesday, June 14, 2023. (Photo: Contributed)
Khadine ‘Miss Kitty’ Hylton (seated) tests out the Blood Bank’s new mobile unit at the World Blood Donor Day Ceremony on Wednesday, June 14, 2023. Joining in the moment at the National Blood Transfusion Service are (from left) Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, Chief Medical Officer- MOHW, Igol Allen, Blood Donor Organizer, and Dr. Marlene Tapper, Acting Director- National Laboratory Service. (Photo: Contributed)

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blood donation drive Chieftin Campbell Dream Entertainment Jamaica Khadine 'Miss Kitty' Hylton Ministry of Health and Wellness National Blood Transfusion Service Scott Dunn World Blood Donor Day Yannick Reid

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