{"id":76533,"date":"2023-03-14T16:46:56","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T16:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=76533"},"modified":"2023-03-24T13:16:28","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T13:16:28","slug":"volunteers-on-motorbikes-get-blood-and-even-breastmilk-to-patients-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2023\/03\/14\/volunteers-on-motorbikes-get-blood-and-even-breastmilk-to-patients-in-need\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers on motorbikes get blood and even breastmilk to patients in need"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Welsh riders use their love of being on the road to help others <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

WELSH volunteer motorcyclists deliver blood to hospitals and say their monthly mileage nearly doubled from 2020 as they were allowed back into hospitals post-pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The charity Blood Bike Wales is made up of 494 volunteers – made up of riders, controllers and PR. They deliver blood, urine samples, medical records, Covid swabs and even breastmilk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhatever we can fit into the top box or in a pannier – we will transport,\u201d said volunteer Paul Rudolph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blood Bike groups deliver milk from human milk banks to special baby care units when babies are premature and mothers cannot express milk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mileage increased by 50% in 2021, as the rate of hospitalisation and samples that needed transporting increased. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group operates on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays responding to emergency calls and performing routine runs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Rudolph has volunteered for eight years, usually working a monthly Friday night shift from 7pm to 7am. Some nights he rides well over 100 miles between places like Abergavenny, Ystrad Mynach and Newport.<\/p>\n\n\n

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