The National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS), in its quest to maintain an adequate level of blood will soon embark on a programme for media houses to be part of the blood donation exercise.This is according to National Blood Donor Manager of the NBTS, Shameeza Mangal,Wholesale Cheap Jerseys, who noted that if a media blood drive is held, then it would have a major impact on society.“It will create quite an impact and then maybe people would want to come and actually donate, because they would see that media people are not only reporting about the blood situation, but they are also actually helping out,NFL Jerseys China,” Mangal said.Other than this,Cheap Jerseys, she also noted that the Guyana Defence Force and Digicel will also be holding blood drives this week, in an effort to assist the blood bank in maintaining its buffer stock.The NBTS,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, she said is no longer in dire need of blood,Cheap Jerseys, but she stressed that the blood bank has to continue holding blood drives in order to replenish what they have used and given out to the various hospitals.The NBTS is tasked with the responsibility of meeting its usual buffer stock of 170 units of blood per day.At this time also, the Ministry of Health is in the process of eliminating the family donor replacement programme, as Health Minister, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, had noted that he does not want persons to be traumatised because their relatives need blood and they (the family) have to be responsible for finding donors.Dr. Ramsammy had also announced that the blood buffer stock is expected to increase to 200 units per day as services are expanding within the health sector.Minister Ramsammy had predicted that by 2012, 12,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys,000 units of blood maybe needed. This prediction he noted might very well become a reality before 2012.