SINGAPORE — A regular face at the Bloodbank@Woodlands, Mr Ridzwan Rahman makes an effort to visit the blood donation centre once every three months.
Zooming to the registration counter and later for his health check-up once the centre opened at noon, the 64-year-old semi-retiree stood out as he seemed to be the only calm person among the donors.
It is all second nature for him. After all, he was donating blood for the 100th time on Thursday , just a month shy of his 65th birthday. Regular donors can donate blood up to the age of 75 as long as they are healthy. And from the age of 66, seniors must have donated at least once in the last three years and be medically certified to be healthy.
“I’ve always wanted to donate blood and do my part, so one day I went Outram. And then they said I could,” said Mr Ridzwan, whose blood type is A+. That was on Sept 24, 1985.
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