UK Muslim Charity Attempts To Record Blood Donations In One Day

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On Saturday, when the National Health Service’s blood supply stocks are running low,
a British Muslim charity will attempt to break the global record for the most significant variety of blood donations in one day.
Who Is Hussain, a social justice NGO, is coordinating with NHS Blood and Transplant and the Imam Hussain Blood Donation Campaign,
one of the nation’s oldest Muslim blood donation organizations, to organize this volunteer effort.

The goal of this initiative, which goes under the hashtag #WorldBloodHeroes,
is to collect blood from 50,000 people across six continents at donation centers in the United Kingdom alone.
Donations can begin in a hub in New Zealand and end anywhere in the United States.

Some 600 people have signed up so far to give blood at clinics all throughout the UK.
Bradford West Member of Parliament Naz Shah said, “I attempted to book myself in today and they haven’t got any slots left.
” I think that sums up how well the campaign is doing.

When asked who Hussain/NHS Blood and Transplant was, they said, “We are the people who save lives.”

The NHS reports that black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) communities in the UK had a lower rate
of donating blood while having higher rates of hypertension, diabetes, and some forms of hepatitis than white people.

UK Muslim Charity Attempts

Donors from BAME communities have made up less than 6% of NHS blood donors in the UK during the past year.
Black, Latinx, and Middle Eastern people are disproportionately affected by blood conditions such as sickle cell disease and thalassemia.
A better blood-type match can be expected between donors and recipients of the same ethnicity.

Despite a 20% increase in the number of Asian individuals donating blood over the past three years,
a chronic shortage of donors from black, brown, and other ethnic minorities persist.
Because “we’re not the biggest of blood givers,” Shah argued, “I think we should encourage donations,
especially for ethnic minority communities.” We Muslims are the most generous people in the world.

And yet, when it comes to giving blood, do we observe this phenomenon? There are many potential discussions.
Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, is a significant time for Muslims because it honors Hussain,
the grandson of the prophet Muhammad, who was killed along with his family 1,400 years ago for refusing
to pledge allegiance to a corrupt chief who wanted to succeed his grandfather.
The #WorldBloodHeroes campaign occurs during this time.

Every weekday morning, Archie Bland and Nimo Omer go over the top stories and what they mean for free.

Aimen Al-Diwani, 31, who works as a volunteer main donor at an NHS blood donation center in Leeds,
explained that he was inspired to participate in the campaign by the momentousness of the
occasion and by the Islamic tenet that saving one life is equivalent to saving the world.

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Al-Diwani said, “The narrative of Hussain has inspired me.” As the author puts it,
“with that story, it’s a way for us to be able to remember him via action by
donating blood and taking the same story of self-sacrifice for humanity,
in a simple and little gesture of just donating blood that takes less than an hour of your time.”

The National Health Service aims to have enough blood on hand for six days’ use.
However, prices are sinking as a result of a lack of blood donations and a paucity
of personnel at NHS donation centers because of the Covid epidemic.
Last month, NHS Blood and Transplant units launched an urgent appeal for donors.

NHS Blood and Transplant consultant Altaf Kazi said, “We are facing our most challenging period of the pandemic.
” Getting blood stores back up to the standard six days requires summertime donations.

There has been a dramatic increase in the number of patients from underrepresented groups who are in need of blood.
More people like the incredible Who is Hussain donors need to take the next vital step to begin saving lives.

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