Events
World Heart Day and Bloodletting
The Philippine Heart Association Central Luzon Chapter, in partnership with GreenCity Medical Center, has celebrated World Heart Day at the 6th-floor function room of GreenCIty. It was a day meant to encourage people to commit to a healthy heart lifestyle.
The celebration consisted of different activities such as free ECG, ABI, blood tests, as well as a free consultation with the cardiologists. These were followed by lay fora, wherein the topics discussed were Atrial Fibrillation (AF) and Angina awareness and implications of having
diabetes to the heart's health. An AVP was, likewise, shown on the benefits of quitting smoking. The event also emphasized the importance of the fit heart minute, which aims to show people that no matter how busy you are, you only need a minute to move and raise your heart rate to keep your body healthy.
In conjunction with the World Heart Day celebration, GreenCity Medical Center also organized a bloodletting event for the participants as well as non-participants willing to donate blood. The practice of blood donation not only benefits the recipients of the blood but the donors as well. According to an article published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, regular blood donors are less likely to suffer from cardiovascular diseases such as heart attack and strokes as well as maintain a healthy liver. After donating, the body stimulates the production of new blood cells to replenish the lost blood which helps in the maintenance of good health.
GreenCity has a blood bank located in the Laboratory Department, upper ground Floor of GreenCity Medical Center ready to facilitate a walk-in donor from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
Be a hero, donate your blood. A single person's kindness can save 3 lives.
