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Vol. XX No. 51

February 28, 2001

Virac, Catanduanes

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ROTC cadets shed blood for PNRC

More than 10,000 cc of blood was given up by cadets of the Catanduanes State Colleges (CSC) Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) Unit to the Philippine National Red Cross here early this month.

The bloodletting activity last Feb. 4, 2001 at the CSC Gymnasium was held through the initiative of  Maj. Ruben B. Alberto, (Cav) PA, commander 0f 503rd (CAT) CDC and concurrent commandant of the ROTC of Catanduanes State Colleges.

The activity was successfully administered by the joint efforts of the Provincial Health Office (PHO) team led by Dr. Alvin Ravalo and the twelve (12) members from Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) led by Annelyn Gianan as head representative. Among other members of PHO team were Dr. Teresita Pablico, Dr. Nerissa Guerrero and five (5) other nurses.

The bloodletting was aimed at organizing an ROTC unit who will work as a partner of PNRC by tapping its cadets as regular blood donors and instilling into the minds of both young and old the value of saving other lives through voluntary blood donation. It was also aimed at mobilizing other sectors of the community to participate in the voluntary and non-profit collection of human blood.

Forty-one cadets donated a total of 10,250 cc of blood of types A (2,000cc), B (2,500cc), O (5,500cc) and AB (250cc). The cadets who did not qualify as blood donors instead underwent blood typing for use as future reference when they reached the proper age required for qualified donor.

Maj. Alberto expressed his heartfelt thanks to the participating team, saying that their efforts were not in vain as there is a great need for human blood supply in the province of Catanduanes.