Matthew Allick, 42, from Ealing, experienced a heart attack due to a pulmonary embolism and required seven blood transfusions. He credits these transfusions with saving his life, as blood clots were found in his heart and lungs. After two years of rehabilitation, Allick relearned essential life skills. He visited NHS Blood and Transplant to thank staff and emphasized the critical importance of blood donation. NHSBT seeks to recruit more black donors to ensure ethnically matched blood for treatment, with an urgent need for an additional 16,000 this year.
"Without blood transfusions I wouldn't be here today. The left side of my body was filled with clots. Having the right blood ready and waiting gave me a second chance at life."
"We often don't realise how critical blood donation is until we're on the receiving end. Someone's decision to give blood saved my life. And that's what I want more people to realise."
"Matthew's visit is a wonderful reminder of the acute relevance of NHSBT's work. His visit puts a face to many thousands of people a year whose lives have been saved and improved by the generosity of the capital's blood donors."
"We need an extra 16,000 black heritage blood donors this year."
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