Naga Munchetty has been celebrated for reminding people of the importance of donating blood.
The BBC Breakfast presenter, 48, shared a video from a hospital bed inside a medical centre on Friday afternoon, soon after hosting the show.
In it, she explained to people exactly what she was doing.
‘I’ve just done the Breakfast shift and just nipped in to the donor centre to give some blood and it will over in about 15 to 20 minutes,’ she said while speaking to the camera.
‘I’m feeling good but the thing that makes me feel most good is that hopefully this will help save someone’s life.
‘So why not hey? Have a lovely day!’
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She captioned the video: “’Good morning! @bbcbreakfast work done. Now giving a little bit of me to hopefully make someone’s day a bit better in the future.’
Many people thanked her for sharing what she’d been doing, which also served as a reminder for others to roll up their sleeves when they could.
‘Lovely Naga on the money, it’s a great feeling giving a pint of the red stuff. Something so easy for most of us can truly make a difference to someone else,’ one person commented.
‘Thank you, and thank you too everyone else who donates blood. I needed five units back in 2015, and I might not be here without the people who donated that blood. Forever grateful,’ someone else wrote.
Another added: ‘Good work Naga, and hopefully seeing this will convince others to do it!’
Who can donate blood?
To donate blood you will need to:
- be generally fit and well
- be aged between 17 and 65
- weigh between 7 stone 12 lbs and 25 stone
- have suitable veins
- meet all donor eligibility criteria
For more information, go to https://www.blood.co.uk/
Earlier this year Naga shared details of a diagnosis she had received, explaining how adenomyosis had been affecting her everyday live.
Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Naga revealed the debilitating levels of pain she’d been experiencing, which she described as becoming so severe at times it took her ‘breath away’.
The condition involves the lining of the womb being found deep in the uterus’ muscle.
The veteran journalist said the diagnosis came after ‘decades of painful, heavy periods’ that had made her ‘pass out, sweat, cry, moan, groan and curl up in a tight ball’ until the pain passed.
BBC Breakfast airs from 6am on weekdays on BBC One.
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