{"id":100,"count":29,"description":"This page is for information related to the Philippines specifically.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe situation now:<\/strong>\r\nDesignated blood donations as well as donations of your own blood for yourself are possible in some philippine hospitals, in others not. The law does not forbid this at all, but some hospitals don't want to do it. However, in any case they may not welcome you in every single one of them \u2013 this is what we will change.\r\n\r\nWhat WE do:\r\n<\/strong>Our acting plans:<\/em>\r\nWe are in the process of setting up a team for the Philippines, which will establish the most feasible way to reach our goal, the free choice of blood (and blood donor). This will happen through finding medical partners (hospitals, laboratory chains, private practices etc.), and most importantly, by trying to reduce the need for transfusions in general with clear advises for medical staff in our members\u2018 living will<\/a>.\r\nWe will write to all clinics and medical laboratories in the Philippines regarding their policies with unvaccinated patients, and will publish the results in our member area (under \u201eMedical partner search<\/a>\u201e).\r\nIf we can not find enough suitable partners, we will have to set up our own chain of places to donate and store blood (blood bank).\r\nWe will translate the website to Tagalog soon, in order to tear down the language barrier.\r\nA\u00a0telegram channel<\/a> for easy information will be complementing this page here.\r\nYou can search for a donor in the member area under \u201eSearch for blood donor<\/a>\u201e. Please don\u2019t write me an email \u201eis there a blood donor with AB+ in Manila?\u201c \u2013 you find the answer yourself under the mentioned link<\/a>.\r\n\r\nWhat YOU can do:<\/strong>\r\n\r\nIf you want to join us and help within the team, please contact us.\r\nSpread the word, and most importantly,\u00a0become a member<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 because only together we are strong.\r\n\r\nPlease note that there are NO blood donation stations set up yet<\/strong>, nowhere in the Philippines, as we need medical partners for this purpose first. This will take some time, but we are close. Check back here frequently and subscribe to our newsletter<\/a>.\r\n\r\nCONTACTS:<\/strong>\r\nGeneral inquiries:\u00a0info@safeblood.ph<\/a>\r\n\r\nOne question we often hear is \u201eHow much do you pay for my blood?<\/strong>\u201c\r\nWe are an NGO and the reward for your blood donation is to know that you will also get uncontaminated blood once you will need it. So no, we don\u2019t pay \u2013 we are \u201emembers taking care of members\u201c, a community aware of a huge threat to our health \u2013 we are not \u201eblood dealers\u201c. We can and will never make a business with your blood. So the label \u201eSafeBlood\u201c will be a brand you can trust. Other private labs will buy your blood \u2013 and sell it to the cosmetic and rejuvenation industry. If you don\u2019t mind, sell it there. If you want to save lives, stick to us.\r\n\r\nUpdates and NEWS:<\/strong>\r\nAre posted here below by our team of authors \u2013 the most important news are updated here regularly.\r\n\r\nLast remark:<\/strong> You want to know whether we have a matching blood donor in your area? Become a member and search for it here<\/a>. As a member you are able to search by blood group AND location.","link":"https:\/\/safeblood.rs\/en\/location\/news-from-the-countries\/philippines\/","name":"\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\udded Philippines","slug":"philippines","taxonomy":"category","parent":27,"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/safeblood.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/100"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/safeblood.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/safeblood.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safeblood.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/27"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/safeblood.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}