Recognition Programme

Legends Recognised on Medals

	50 DONATIONS IGAZI-MADI MEDAL Thank you for donating your blood. You have shown that you have it in you to save a life - 50 times already! Don’t stop now! Igazi-Madi
	100 DONATIONS JAMES BLUNDELL MEDAL In 1818 James Blundell (d.1878), performed the first successful transfusion of human blood to a patient who had haemorrhaged badly during childbirth. A pioneer in blood transfusion, he devised various instruments to improve the procedure. 100 SKENKINGS James Blundell
	125 DONATIONS ANTHON HEYNS MEDAL Anthon du P. Heyns (born 1936), a haematologist of international repute, was the principal driving force in the establishment of the South African National Blood Service (SANBS). He led the task team that devised the model of SANBS and was its first Chief Executive Officer from its inception on 1 April 2001 until his retirement on 31 March 2006. Anthon Heyns
	150 DONATIONS KARL LANDSTEINER SILVER MEDAL Karl Landsteiner (1868-1943), considered the most important individual in the field of transfusion medicine, documented the first three human blood groups, A, B and O. The year was 1900 and it will remain one of the most significant dates in the history of blood and blood transfusion. Karl Landsteiner
	175 DONATIONS COOMBS-MORESCHI MEDAL Carlo Moreschi first published his demonstration of the principle of the anti-globulin reaction in 1908. Almost forty years later Robin Coombs (1945) independently developed the anti-globulin test, which was almost as important as the discovery of the ABO blood groups. Robin Coombs Carlo Moreschi
	200 DONATIONS MAURICE SHAPIRO MEDAL Dr Maurice Shapiro was one of the pioneers of blood transfusion in South Africa. In 1937 he was one of the founders of the Rand Blood Transfusion Society, later the SA Blood Transfusion Society, of which he was the Medical Director until his retirement in 1999. He was acknowledged and honoured nationally and internationally the forefront of transfusion practices in South Africa and was. Maurice Shapiro
	225 DONATIONS PAUL EHRLICH MEDAL Paul Ehrlich (1854-1915) was one of the founders of the discipline of haematology (the branch of medical science concerned with diseases of the blood and blood-forming tissues). 225 SKENKINGS Paul Ehrlich
	250 DONATIONS WILLIAM HARVEY MEDAL In 1628 William Harvey was the first person to describe the functions of the heart and how blood was circulated. This understanding of how blood moved in the body opened up avenues of experimentation in the field of blood transfusion. 250 SKENKINGS William Harvey
	275 DONATIONSS ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK MEDAL Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) gave the first accurate description of red blood cells (1684) and made a study of the connections between arteries and veins. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
	300 DONATIONS KARL LANDSTEINER GOLD MEDAL Karl Landsteiner (1868-1943), considered the most important individual in the field of transfusion medicine, documented the first three human blood groups, A, B and O. The year was 1900 and it will remain one of the most significant dates in the history of blood and blood transfusion. 300 SKENKINGS Karl Landsteiner