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| Courtesy of Gündem Kıbrıs |
Notice in the Turkish paper thanking those who helped acquire donated blood for a man undergoing treatment for cancer:
"Thank you very much to everyone, the blood was enough, thank you to everyone who donated blood and tried to find it"
Appeals for blood donations for specific recipients are quite common here, and not only when rare blood types are required. There is a blood bank but it usually only extends to emergencies. Families and friends are expected to find blood donors for surgery or medical procedures and it is quite common to see appeals, often including the patient’s name and condition and usually including the blood type. Frequently an age limit is included, such as under 50 (usually donors are under 60) and sometimes gender is specified. Family members may offer to provide transportation.
As with most newspapers accidents and crimes are standard fare. But the news isn’t always serious. A recent edition tells us that “a person walked around the street naked in Girne” and “the locals recorded those moments”.
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