In 14 years, the blood donation volume has exceeded the total body blood volume by 15 times. Why is the "blood donation maniac" so crazy?

  14 years, 205 blood donations without compensation, a total of 71,300 ml of blood donated, and more than 15 times the blood volume of the whole body... Open a blood donation certificate. Behind this series of numbers is Liuzhou, Guangxi The story between "Blood Donor Madman" Qin International and unpaid blood donation.

  In order to donate blood for free, he once quit his stable job and was regarded by his family as "doing nothing right" and once lived a life of hardship. But in his heart, there is still a blood donation dream... .

Qin International's 200th blood donation. Photo courtesy of interviewees

Count the days and donate blood

  Xiaoxin walked into Qin International's home, and the dozens of red blood donation certificates and honor certificates placed in the closet were particularly eye-catching. Speaking of the experience of donating blood, Tan International is like a family treasure.

  Before the age of 30, Qin International was just an ordinary employee of the Liuzhou factory and had never participated in blood donation. An accidental opportunity for Qin International to become connected with blood donation.

  Thinking of the uneasiness and hesitation of the first blood donation, Qin International still has a fresh memory. On December 28, 2006, Qin International came to the blood collection vehicle in Yingbin Square in Laibin City for consultation. "I didn't know about blood donation at that time and thought that blood donation would have some impact on the body." Tan International said. When he donated 200 ml of blood, he did not feel any abnormality, and he was convinced that the blood donation had no effect on his body.

Qin International is donating blood. Photo courtesy of interviewees

  Since then, Qin International regularly "punched" blood donation.

  "Since blood donation has no effect on the body and can help others, why not do it?" With this idea, in 2007, Qin International started a free blood donation career. According to the regulations at that time, adults can donate whole blood every 3 months. Qin International pinched the exponential days, and after 3 months of blood donation, he took the initiative to report to the blood collection vehicle and donated blood for free.

  In order to donate more blood and save people in a short time, Qin International began to donate blood. "In addition to donating whole blood, apheresis platelets can be donated every 14 days." Tan International said.

Qin International held a thick stack of blood donation certificates. Lin Xinshe

Resign as a "professional" volunteer, not understood by family members

  "One person donates blood 100 times, it is not as good as one hundred people donate blood." As the number of blood donations increased, Qin International realized that a person's power was limited and he had to mobilize more people to join the blood donation team.

  In February 2009, Qin International joined the Liuzhou Red Cross Volunteer Blood Donation Volunteer Service Team, changing from an unpaid blood donor to a voluntary blood donation volunteer. He began to assist the medical staff of the blood collection vehicle to serve the citizens who came to donate blood for free, and volunteered to go to Guangxi colleges and universities to promote free blood donation. More and more people participated in free blood donation under the influence of Qin International, so he became obsessed with charity activities.

  It takes a lot of time and energy to do public welfare activities. In order to facilitate volunteering, Qin International resigned from his work unit in 2010 and lived a life of "working" as a charity during the day and "amateur" as a stall at night.

  This move made it difficult for Qin International's family to understand, and they all believed that he was "not doing business." After losing a stable source of economic resources, the conflict between Qin International and his wife escalated, and the two often quarreled for it, and even once divorced.

Qin International is sorting out his blood donation certificate. Lin Xinshe

Dream travels all over the country to promote free blood donation

  The opposition of family members once made Qin International want to give up. "Sometimes I feel guilty because doing charity does not give my family better material security. But the most important thing in life is not to leave regrets. Doing charity is like walking on a winding road. If I give up halfway, I will regret for life "Qin International said.

  Since 2012, Qin International has started to donate blood to various cities in Guangxi. "I don't just go to donate blood, but more importantly, learn the management methods of volunteer service teams around the world and let more volunteers join." Qin International said. Every time he arrives, he will find local volunteers who donate blood for free and exchange experiences with them.

  At the same time, a bigger dream sprouted in Qin International's heart. He dreamed of donating blood to every province in the country to let blood flow where the motherland needed it.

Qin International donated blood donations from all over the country. Lin Xinshe

Donate blood from my own pocket and run to Guangzhou 3 times a month

  In order to fulfill the dream of blood donation throughout the country, Qin International paid a lot.

  Qin International, who is not ample at hand, chooses to travel on the cheapest green leather train seat every time. Qin International remembered that when he went to Harbin to donate blood, he took the train for 2 days and 2 nights. When she was so sleepy that she couldn't open her eyes, she took a nap. On the third morning, after Qin International arrived in Harbin to donate blood, he took the train back to Guangxi overnight.

  For 4 days back and forth, it cost more than 2,000 yuan to donate blood once, and a friend is not worth it for Tan International. But he thinks that donating blood is giving love, just be happy.

  Qin International donated blood to Inner Mongolia. Respondents provided

  For Qin International, the hardest thing to donate blood to all parts of the country is not the boat ride, but there are often uncontrollable factors. Qin International introduced: "When blood donation, I am most afraid of encountering high transaminase. Once this situation is encountered, it proves that this trip has gone."

  In 2015, Qin International plans to travel to Guangzhou to donate blood. When Qin International was full of anticipation of reaching Guangzhou, he was told after the blood test that his transaminase was too high, which did not meet the blood donation requirements this time. But he did not give up because of this, and he set off to Guangzhou again 10 days later, but the aminotransferase was still high. In the end, when Qin International went to Guangzhou for the third time, the transaminase fell to the normal range, which met the conditions of blood donation. "Running three times a month for blood donation, the staff of the Guangzhou Blood Center said that I was touched by me, but I feel that there is nothing." Qin International said.

  Today, Qin International has traveled to 29 provinces including Guangdong, Inner Mongolia, Shanghai, and Beijing at his own expense to study and donate blood. His footprint has traveled to more than half of China.

Qin International donated blood to Urumqi. Respondents provided

Donate 15 times the whole body blood and become a charity

  As of December 21, 2019, Qin International donated blood 205 times without compensation, with a total blood donation of 71,300 ml. According to calculations, the total blood volume of normal human body is about 8% of body weight, and the total blood volume of an adult is about 4000-5000 ml. For Qin International, who weighs 68 kg, the blood donated in these years is almost 15 times that of his whole body.

  In addition to donating blood, Qin International also organized and created a number of public welfare activities. He founded the Laibin City Voluntary Blood Donation Volunteer Service Team and the Liuzhou Sunshine Volunteer Federation, and used his free time to promote free blood donation and water rescue techniques in squares, schools, enterprises, and villages.

  At present, more than 2,000 college student volunteers from the guests and universities in Liuzhou City joined the team he created. Over the years, Qin International volunteer service has accumulated 5,000 hours and organized volunteers to donate more than 5 million ml of blood for free.

An honorary certificate obtained by Qin International's blood donation. Lin Xinshe

  Today, Qin International, who is enthusiastic about public welfare, was hired as a staff member in charge of publicity by the blood center in Laibin City and received many honors. He was named "Guangxi Red Cross Excellent Volunteer" and "Guangxi Excellent Volunteer", won the National Lifetime Honorary Award for Blood Donation, the National Award for Promoting Blood Donation, and won the National Award for Blood Donation for four times.

  "Once, someone asked me what is the best life in life. I think that as long as I helped others a little, and gave a little love, I have never been in this life once, and I have not left any regrets for myself. "With such a belief, Qin International will continue to walk on the road of donating blood for free.. .

  Reporter: Lin Xin