Employees at BC Rapid Transit Company (BCRTC), the operators of SkyTrain’s Expo and Millennium Lines, have set a new record for units of blood collected in the BC Bloodmobile in one day.
Forty-five units of blood were collected at BCRTC’s SkyTrain Operations and Maintenance Centre on Dec. 22, breaking the old BC Bloodmobile record of 44 units.
The BC Bloodmobile, launched in 2010, is one of three mobile blood collection units operated by the Canadian Blood Services. The other two are in Ontario.
BCRTC employees also have a personal connection to their donations. Late last year, one of their colleagues received life-saving blood transfusions following complications from cancer treatment.
The 45 units of blood donated by BCRTC employees will go on to improve the lives of 130 people.
For more information about blood donation or the Bloodmobile, contact Canadian Blood Services by calling 1-888-2-DONATE (1-888-236-6283) or online at www.blood.ca/
