“It’s thanks to the selflessness of blood donors that my little boy is now well on the road to recovery.”
When little Oliver Beverland from Ballymoney was born in June 2019 with a malrotation in his bowel, it was the start of a long and difficult journey with his health.
In July 2022, Oliver was transferred to Great Ormond Street Hospital, where a CT scan discovered one of the main arteries in his bowel was blocked and blood wasn’t able to travel back to his heart as it should do. The Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service is celebrating World Blood Donor Day this Wednesday, June 14. Every week blood donors from across Northern Ireland selflessly give blood to save local lives such as Oliver.
“Oliver is one of many with blood group A+ positive which is becoming just as rare as O-negative. So, I plead, text BLOOD to 60081 to register now.
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