Blood dono s always needed

“I think people should

giving blood;” says Stella
Dixon, whose life depended
on blood transfusions for
three weeks after she
received a bone marrow
transplant to fight the
om that threatened her
e.

Stella lives with her

husband and three children .

in Aldergrove. In 1978 she
was given a 50 per cent
chance of survival from the
leukemia with conventional
treatment. She had _ the
option of a bone marrow
transplant which only gave
her a 20 per cent chance of
survival because’ the
treatment is so new and
carries many risks.

Stella travelled to London,
England, with her husband

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and three children for the
operation in April 1979, and

had a “topping up” treatment
the following October,

It took 14 days for the
blood marrow to regenerate
and for three weeks Stella
received daily blood tran-
sfusions to supply her body

with platelets and
hemoglobin.
Dr. Noel Buskard,

Associate Medical Director
of Red Cross Blood Tran-
sfusin Service, says that
platelets from approximately
50 blood donors are required
to ensure that one leukemia
patient goes into remission.
The Red Cross must
collect 3000 units of blood
every week, but at present
only four per cent of the
population are blood donors.
Stella Dixon is just one of
the many reasons the

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Canadian Red Cross would importance of being a blood
like to remind you of the donor.

The Hospital Employees’ Union is negotiating
a new contract for our 25,000 members.

Our three. main goals are:

tent Secu

We want our patients to get the .
very best: more qualified staff.
enforcement of Health Care

regulations, and regular fire drills.

Some hospitals don't have these..

We want to end wage
discrimination. Many women's

jobs pay less than the lowest paid
men’s jobs in the hospital.

W.- also want to keep up with
inflation

IT MAY COST A LITTLE MORE, BUT. .

Our patients and members

are worth it. MOSPITAL”

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UNION ‘cca

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