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                    [Title] => Pinoys’ fear of needle pricks hurts blood donation program
                    [Summary] => Fear of needles may seem silly but it is a major cause of the nation’s blood supply shortage.


Filipinos avoid donating blood because they are "afraid of being pricked by needles, people think the nation has a fixed supply of blood, and last, it’s against their religion," Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit told reporters, seeking to explain the woeful donation levels as he kicked off a "Blood Donors’ Month" campaign. [DatePublished] => 2003-07-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Pinoys’ fear of needle pricks hurts blood donation program
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Filipinos avoid donating blood because they are "afraid of being pricked by needles, people think the nation has a fixed supply of blood, and last, it’s against their religion," Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit told reporters, seeking to explain the woeful donation levels as he kicked off a "Blood Donors’ Month" campaign. [DatePublished] => 2003-07-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) ) )
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