DENOTE BLOOD AND GIVE SOMEBODY GIFT OF LIFE

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT BLOOD DONATION IN MPANDA AND AS WHERE IN TANZANIA

Now days the hospitals are facing with shortage of safety blood that can reach the problems of the people who lack blood. If the patient arrives at hospital, the doctor decides to advice the relatives of the patients to donate safety blood.

In most cases these issues needs people who can relate the blood groups with patient a thing which may leads the patient to die due to shortage of related safety blood group.

The only way of solving social problem is the community itself, because the problem is arising within the community, the problem affects the particular community and the possible solution may be established and advocated by the community. Not the external people or world that may solve the particular problems. It is better to ask ourselves the following question;

1.      Why do we need families?

2.      Why do we need integrative community?

3.      If one may die due to shortage of safety blood in hospital, ask yourself why me?

4.      Can we not play part as Tanzanians to denote blood in our districts or regions hospitals?

5.      Why might it be true, for us to discuss, advice for the community to volunteer in the programs of Blood Donation to make sure hospital have enough safety blood for our community?

6.      How do you think about those doctors who sell our bloods at hospitals to other patients?

7.      May we not make the blood to be owned by the public that patient should not buy?

In nut shell most people need families or children who may assist their parents during their old age, although in other ways children make family enjoyment when parents play with their children. If so,  we should remember that families formulate the community that should be in integrative manor and perform activities in essential will.

Recall for the Prominent Theorists and Sociologist in the world community, according to Fedinand Tonies when speaking about community, described it in to two;

·       Germeinschaft

This means the community that formed togetherness or mutual relations. The people are living dependently, example rural people

·       Gessellshaft

This also mean the society that formed by individualism. The people are living not independent. Example is urban people.

Also he explain that there are two types of willing, Essential willing that the actors or people see themselves as they are together where by one can solve the problem of others (one may feel peoples problem as his or her own problem) and other will is Arbitrary willing is the willing that an actor see a social group as means further his or her individual goals.

In our life as Tanzanian we should live in Germeinschaft and choose essential willing life so as we can act, work, enjoy together as community.

Hence it is better for those who will come across this reading to advice for other to involve in self volunteer in blood donations in hospitals and other centers located for blood donation. I have planned to have the programme of blood donation at Mpanda District just by starting and also spread to other districts and regions. Although the only problem facing me is the source of fund so as I can lead the program. But if donors either internal or external donor can inform me for supporting the program, I an sure the program will be reached positively.

MY SHORT HISTORY ON BLOOD DONATION

 In my life I though that if you denote blood there are negative effects to the body as how other people says, that why till I reached University level I didn’t denote blood rather when reached third year where no any problem occurred to me and no one reported with the problem associated with the Blood donation. Although other people think that their blood will be tested and reveal the results if they are safe or not. But from the experience I got, the results depend from you if you need them mostly they leave a phone numbers for communication but if you don’t need, nothing can be revealed out about your results.

When I was third year at University of Dodoma, we as members of University of Dodoma Sociology Student Organization (UDOMSSO) in touch with other organizations decided to influence other students and other community members to involve in the program of Blood Donation, where by our goals were reached but there were people who financed it.  This was done because the deaths of students were increasing day to day due to shortage of safe blood in hospitals.

Me, Charles E. Mwakalunde, I involved as my first time donation. It was on 10^th June, 2012 the doctor involved was Piter Chomo (+255 715 339282) and my Blood bank number was 14202322

NOTE SHORT HISTORY FOR A DONOR

A body has 5.5 liter of blood of which only 350mls-450mls are taken depending to weight of the donor. A donor should be of 18-35 years and weight stating from 50kg to above. Also the body temperature and pressure should be normal whereas both men and women may denote.  Donors who can be excluded are those with Epilepsy, Psychotic disorder, Abnormal bleeding tendencies. Donor with Malaria, Syphilis after recovery with 3-6 months gap is allowed to involve the program. People undergone Surgery, blood transfusions may safely denote blood after 6-12 months.

The restoring of blood is done within 24 hours and the hemoglobin and cell components are restored in 2 months. Hence it is advised that, it is safe to denote blood after 3 months. My dear friends, Denote Blood and Give Somebody Gift of Life (National Informatics Centre) 

By

Mwakalunde, Charles E.

University of Dodoma (February,2013)