GIANI GURBACHAN SINGH JI TO SPEARHEAD ONE OF UK’S BIGGEST EVENTS TO MARK WORLD BLOOD DONOR DAY
- Only 0.9% of the UK’s total blood donating population are of Asian Indian origin
- There are currently only 12,486 Asian Indian blood donors on the UK National Blood Donation Register
- NHS in need of raising the percentage of Asian Indian blood donors from 0.9% to 2.1% to meet representation and service the needs of the UK hospital population of patients from BME backgrounds
- World Health Organisation calls upon UK’s Sikh community to donate blood on World Blood Donor Day, 14th June