Health

MRC Mass Blood Donation

Date : 25th May 2013

Venue : Permy Mall

Organiser : Malaysian Red Crescent, Miri Chapter Contact : 085-413346

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Venue : Imperial Palace Hotel

Time : 9am

Contact: Ms. Christine Lee 085-423728

According to Blood Bank assistant information officer Lily Sinta, Miri Hospital is in need of O positive blood due to high demand. She appealed to those with O positive blood to help replenish the blood stock.

Blood donation drives:

13th January 2013 (today)- A blood donation drive will be held at the Bekenu community hall from 9am to 12pm today (Jan 13th) .

19th January 2013 (Next Sat) - Columbia Asia Hospital Miri will hold a blood donation drive next Saturday (January 19th) on the third floor from 9am to 12pm

20th January 2013 (Next Sun) - The Malaysian Red Crescent (MRC) Organ Donor Recruitment Committee will hold a drive at Bintang Mall from 10am to 1pm next Sunday (January 20th).

For details call the blood bank at 085-416657

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History repeats itself since June, as of around late morning yesterday, the API (Air Pollutant Index) for the Industrial Training Institute (ILP) in Miri stood at 236, which was 73 point-jump from the previous day from the API of 163 recorded at 11am on Sunday. The monitoring station is located near the fires which started on Friday.

A good API reading is from 0-50, moderate (51-100), unhealthy (101-200), very unhealthy (201-299) and hazardous from 300 and above. The rest of the country enjoyed normal or low moderate air quality readings.

"The air quality in Miri's Kuala Baram district has worsened to very unhealthy levels in just a day due to raging wildfires, making it the only area in the country with such poor readings.

This is the first time that very unhealthy readings have been recorded in the area and in the country since June. Miri town itself recorded low moderate air quality readings."

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