The RECENT tragic incidence of building collapse at Ita Faji, Lagos Island, has once again brought to fore the need to sensitise Nigerians on the essence of blood donation. One of the major highlights of the awful episode was the appeal made by individuals and organisations for blood donations to victims of the collapsed building. Unsurprisingly, the Nigerian Red Cross Society was in the forefront of this request. The main objective of the drive is to ensure that the Lagos Island General Hospital, where victims of the collapsed building were recuperating, had enough blood in the bank. Universally, when an incident like that happens, blood donation is always required to meet the demand of those in need of urgent blood transfusion.