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Blood donation sessions at Ozzie s former school
The sessions will take place today (April 6) and tomorrow (April 7).
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The Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service have appealed for new blood donors to volunteer as they prepare to hold a donation session in honour of a young County Derry man.
Ozzie Rogers passed away in September 2020 after battling Acute Myeloid Leukaemia, and as they approach what would have been his 18th birthday, his family have appealed for more blood donors.
Ahead of a blood donation event to be held at Magherafelt High School, where Ozzie attended, his mum Miranda has thanked existing blood donors for their generosity and encouraged others to get involved.
Gay and bi-sexual men able to donate blood more easily under new rules for Northern Ireland
Rainbow hails incredibly significant and welcome announcement
More people will be able to donate blood under the new rules (Image: Getty)
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image captionThe Department of Health has welcomed changes to blood donation deferral rules to allow more people to donate blood
Gay and bisexual men in NI, who have been in a relationship for more than three months, may soon be able to donate blood.
Men who have sex with men (MSM) had to wait for a year after their last sexual activity before giving blood before this was reduced to three months.
Further changes are expected to come into effect in the summer of 2021, the Department of Health has announced.
The health minister said his decision was guided purely by the science .