Top 10 things you didn't know about blood donation


Despite the increase in the number of blood donors in Malaysia, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin recently stated that only 2.5% of Malaysians were blood donors, well below the international average of five percent. MOB takes a look at some facts and figures about blood donation.

1) There are two types of blood donation — whole blood and apheresis.

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