In response to the World Blood Donor Day (June 14th) and implementing blood donation program “Sentimental blood for beloved comrades” mobilized by the MPS, on May 30th, the PPA Steering Committee of Blood Donation Campaign in cooperation with the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion under the Bach Mai Hospital, 19-8 Hospital under the MPS launched blood donation campaign “blood donation to save life for a healthy community”.
At the launching ceremony, Colonel, Dr. Nguyen Duc Binh, Deputy Director of the PPA, Head of Steering Committee of the campaign officially launched the blood donation campaign; call on the PPA’s officers, teachers, staffs and students to respond the campaign. After the ceremony, all representatives and participants gathered at the sporting event hall to donate blood. Nearly 20,000 donors at the PPA voluntarily attended the campaign.
Nowadays, Vietnam has witnessed an increasing trend for blood donations, which have saved thousands of patients. At the PPA, there is third time the blood donation campaign held with an aim of collecting blood from humanitarian donors to deal with a shortage of blood in treating patients. It is reported that thousands of volunteers at the PPA have donated blood for more than 10 times.
Some pictures of the blood donation campaign:
Xuan Thanh