{"id":2952,"date":"2014-11-30T13:32:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-30T12:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/?p=2952"},"modified":"2014-11-30T13:45:47","modified_gmt":"2014-11-30T12:45:47","slug":"donating-blood-fainting-phnom-penh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/life\/travels\/donating-blood-fainting-phnom-penh","title":{"rendered":"Donating blood and fainting in Phnom Penh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3008.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2952]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2957\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3008-1024x285.jpg\" alt=\"Kantha Bopha entrance\" width=\"1024\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3008-1024x285.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3008-300x83.jpg 300w, https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3008.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What are the effects of our travels\u00a0on the local populations?<\/p>\n<p>Is tourism bringing them business and the opportunity to improve their lives, or rather just another form of exploitation that takes dignity away?<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s <strong>cut the chase<\/strong>: it was recommended by Lonely Planet. Page 75 of the Cambodia guide, there&#8217;s a callout inviting travelers to go give blood at the National Blood Transfusion Centre.<\/p>\n<p>After 23 days of selfish traveling I felt the need to be a <em>gud man<\/em>\u00a0and give something back so I embraced the idea of leave behind more liquids than I planned to.<br \/>\nI checked with Roberts, the very\u00a0helpful Brit owner of <a title=\"Nomads Encounters on TripAdvisor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/Hotel_Review-g293940-d1626470-Reviews-Hostel_Nomads-Phnom_Penh.html\" target=\"_blank\">Nomads Encounters<\/a> hostel where I\u00a0stayed.<\/p>\n<p>Talkative as usual, he recommended me to do the donation at the <a title=\"Kantha Bopha page\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beat-richner.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kantha Bopha pedriatic hospital<\/a>, next to the\u00a0Wat Phnom temple. The hospital, founded by a Swiss doctor, has a blood bank for the little patients and is not involved with buy-and-sell business of the red gold as other centers do.<\/p>\n<p>It was with my hearth full of joy of giving that the sunny morning of Sunday November the 23rd I walked up to the Kantha Bopha institute.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Why giving blood in Cambodia<\/h2>\n<p>Cambodia has a critical shortage of blood. There&#8217;s a stigma about donating blood and diseases that can be contracted, mainly because of misinformation and lack of hygiene back in the days.<\/p>\n<p>The result is that only family members of the sick relative in need are normally giving blood, always if they have compatible types.<\/p>\n<p>Consider that for a single patient with dengue fever, four sacks of blood are needed!<\/p>\n<p>Campaigns are being run through the country to raise awareness among the Cambodians, but in the meantime is a good idea to give some of your blood away &#8211; the right way &#8211; if you&#8217;re visiting!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>At Kantha Bopha<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3007.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2952]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2955 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3007-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Kantha Bopha\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3007-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3007-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3007.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A security guard, unable to explain in English, walked me to the blood bank section.<br \/>\nThe\u00a0white, clean and\u00a0freezing\u00a0air conditioned room was empty. Two men in white uniform materialized, welcoming me with an entrusting smile.<\/p>\n<p>They explained how it works and made me\u00a0fill-in a form before proceeding to\u00a0prick my\u00a0finger and\u00a0get a blood sample to analyze.<\/p>\n<p>Few minutes after the test results were ready: &#8220;you can donate blood&#8221;, Doc said.<\/p>\n<p>While the 300 milliliters bag was filling up I kept my mind distracted.<br \/>\nI did try to donate blood three times in Italy when I was 18. A donation is\u00a0450 milliliters there and I always ended up feeling horrible.<br \/>\nThe first time they\u00a0blamed the tension, the second time the breakfast, and the third time they told my body was still developing and had to wait few\u00a0years.<\/p>\n<p>17 years later I thought that my body had complete the developing process, but anyway\u00a0<strong>I fainted<\/strong> soon after the donation was over!<\/p>\n<p>I sat\u00a0on the side of the bed\u00a0and told the Doc that I wasn&#8217;t feeling great.<br \/>\nNext thing I know, I felt\u00a0my body moved by two hectic men I had no memory of, my head busy with some intense thought I could nor remember, brought back to reality too quickly just to think a &#8220;who the f@ck are they?!&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>They laid me down on the bed again and made me drink some Fanta &#8211; good source of sugar.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2958 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3004-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Goodies bag\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3004-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3004-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3004.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I ended up staying a good 40 minutes resting\u00a0and trying to sleep. The staff was really taking care of me, and reassuring that this happens &#8220;many many times here!&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>At the end, I was given a goody bag with a T-Shirt, two packs of noodles, one kilo of white sugar, a can of condensed milk, a package of salty crackers (that I ate instantly), a set of iron &amp; vitamins pills to take in the next days, and a ticket to collect my blood results few days later.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And best of all, the staff was genuinely grateful for the donation!<\/p>\n<p>To complete my do-gooder day, I gave the kilo of sugar to a mother begging in the street and went for dinner at <a title=\"Friends the restaurant on TripAdvisor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/Restaurant_Review-g293940-d1202023-Reviews-Friends_the_Restaurant-Phnom_Penh.html\" target=\"_blank\">Friends<\/a>, a cool restaurant run by an organization employing street children.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3001.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2952]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2956 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3001-1024x560.jpg\" alt=\"With the Docs\" width=\"1024\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3001-1024x560.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3001-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3001.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I close with the\u00a0slogan:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8220;If you&#8217;re going to <del>San Francisco<\/del>\u00a0Phnom Penh, be sure to wear <del>some flowers in your hair<\/del>\u00a0a Kantha Bopha t-shirt&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-auto kksr-align-left kksr-valign-bottom\"\n    data-payload='{&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;2952&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;valign&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;ignore&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;reference&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;count&quot;:&quot;6&quot;,&quot;legendonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;readonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;score&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;starsonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;best&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;gap&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;greet&quot;:&quot;Rate this post&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;5\\\/5 - (6 votes)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Donating blood and fainting in Phnom Penh&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;142.5&quot;,&quot;_legend&quot;:&quot;{score}\\\/{best} - ({count} {votes})&quot;,&quot;font_factor&quot;:&quot;1.25&quot;}'>\n            \n<div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; 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