[Blindtlk] NFB Blood Drive

[Mike Freeman]

Peter:

With great respect, how do you *know* there were no liability concerns? Did
you *run* these blood drives? I suspect not.

When I wrote of liability concerns, these had absolutely *nothing* to do
with blindness. They would be present with *any* large group. I don't want
to lay it on too thickly but have you ever wondered why NFB no longer
employs a nurse at national conventions?

Don't knee-jerk react that *everything* has a prejudicial slant!

Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Peter Donahue
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 2:12 PM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] NFB Blood Drive


Hello everyone,

    In response to my message in which I described a blood drive that took 
place at a recent national convention in Louisville I was told that the 
reason why this activity has not been repeated was due to "Too many 
liabilities." Churches, places of employment, colleges, universities, the 
military, and a host of other agencies and organizations hold successful 
blood drives with little or no concerns over liability. Countless lives are 
saved by those who donate blood when these drives are conducted by these 
entities so what's the big deal?It was Dr. Jernigan who in an article called

"Local Organizations of the Blind, How to Build and Strengthin Them" 
suggested that affiliate blood banks could be established and that we could 
hold blood drives. If other entities can conduct successful blood drives 
perhaps we should revisit this idea and conduct future blood drives like the

one in Louisville. Perhaps Mary was able to help save someone's life, or 
allow someone needing surgery in which the patient would need blood during 
the operation to have the surgery. I believe further explaination is in 
order.

Peter Donahue

 


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