RMAF blood donors get spot in Malaysia Book of Records

2010/06/02
KUALA LUMPUR: They say blood is thicker than water.

And the ties that bind the men and women in the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) are thicker than water.

In conjunction with the 52nd anniversary of the RMAF, over 10,052 air force personnel from 11 bases and air stations nationwide came forward to donate blood in a single day, and made it into the Malaysia Book of Records.


RMAF chief Gen Datuk Seri Rodzali Daud said it was the first time the blood donation drive was done in such a magnitude and simultaneously in all the bases.

"This is our social responsibility and contribution to the needs of the people of this wonderful nation.

"As healthy soldiers, my men and women are ever-willing to do their part to help another person by replenishing the National Blood Bank," he said, after they clinched the record on May 24.


The bases and air stations involved are those at Sungai Besi, Subang, Butterworth, Kuantan, Gong Kedak, Kuching, Labuan, Ipoh, Alor Star, Bukit Jugra and Bukit Ibam.

Among the most frequent blood donors was Lance Corporal Ahmad Hazani Roslam, who has donated every year of his seven years of service. -- By Adrian David