Above: A nurse fills two phials with the donors blood for testing.
When Dial a Cab Chairman Brian Rice set an example by offering a pint of his own red fluid, little did he realise he was starting a trend!
Arrangements were made for a mobile blood collection trailer supplied by the National Blood Service to set up shop close to Dial a Cabs' Brunswick House headquarters, while our 1700 Met Police licensed drivers were informed via their data terminals that the national agency was ready to accept their blood.
After answering a few personal details, volunteers were checked out by Dr.R.D.Kandapoo, the doctor responsible for deciding on candidates eligibility. Once given the okay, donors were then invited to recline on bunks while the highly skilled nurses went about plumbing them into the equipment. (You have a way with words, Alan!…Ed) For the squeamish amongst our readers, we will skip the next five minutes and move quickly on! (In that case, you are forgiven!…Ed).
Above: Sign posts at Brunswick House directing volunteers to the blood
collection trailer.
Above: Free tea and biscuits for David afterwards. Was the Granby Grill
shut?
