Sewa TT President, Revan Teelucksingh says boosting Trinidad and Tobago’s blood supply must move beyond small contributions to a sustained national effort.

Speaking at the launch of the National Blood Donation Drive on Saturday, he said while organisations like Sewa TT have consistently supported blood collection efforts over the years, the country is still falling significantly short of its needs.

“The hope is that we could add thousands of units in a year. So currently we collect about 19,000. The need is for 40,000. So we’re less than half. And hoping from today with the additional push from the Ministry, the additional resources that being put into the mobile units, organizations like us could coordinate more drives and we can increase our national supply throughout the country.”