BLOOD DONATION. Jamie Malingan, 26, donates blood in Baguio City in this undated photo. She said she donates every three months not only to help others but also to stay healthy. (PNA photo by Liza T. Agoot) BAGUIO CITY - More people are now realizing that donating blood does not only help recipients but also offers quite a few health benefits for the donor. Among the people who have known this all along are media practitioners Jamie Joie Malingan, 26, of the Philippine Information Agency-Cordillera who has been donating 450 cubic centimeters (cc) of blood every three months since May 2021, and Jonathan Munar, 50, a reporter of Radyo Pilipinas who has donated 45 times already in the last 14 years. Malingan said it was her way of giving back after her grandparent benefited from blood donation. "Matagal ko ng gustong magbigay kasi bago namatay ang grandparent ko, nakahingi kami sa Red Cross (I have long wanted to give blood because we were able to get blood from the Red Cross when my
THE Philippine Red Cross (PRC)-Baguio City chapter will soon start its saliva testing for Covid-19.
Annie Tamayo, administrator of Philippine Red Cross-Baguio, said the local government has allowed the use of the Melvin Jones Grandstand as the venue for the saliva testing.
“We still have to determine the date since we are dependent on our PRC Clark Molecular Laboratory that will provide us with the materials to be used in the collection of saliva specimens. Most likely, next week, we hope we would all be ready for us to start the collection and we expect around 150 recipients for our saliva collection,” Tamayo said.