The National Steering Committee for Voluntary Blood Donation, on July 31, sent an official dispatch to the steering committees for voluntary blood donation in provinces and cities, asking them to continue promoting voluntary blood donation, ensuring the prevention of the Covid-19 pandemic, and providing enough blood for emergency and treatment of patients at medical facilities across the nation.
Doctor Phu Chi Dung, Director of Ho Chi Minh City Hematology and Blood Transfusion Hospital, on July 23, said that in the past weeks, the number of Covid-19 cases had increased rapidly, greatly affecting the voluntary blood donation movement nationwide, as well as in HCMC.
President of the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS) Central Committee Nguyen Thi Xuan Thu has sent a letter to call for the community's greater efforts to effectively prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure enough blood for emergencies and medical treatment.
A blood donation program organized yesterday by the steering board for blood donation in Nghi Xuan District of the Central province of Ha Tinh collected 275 blood units.
The Vietnam Red Cross in coordination with National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion and CP Company’s charity fund yesterday jointly organized a meeting in response to the World Volunteer Day and voluntary blood transfusion festival in Hanoi.
This year’s Blood Donation Campaign named ‘Red Sunday 2018’ was held at Hanoi University of Science and Technology on January 21. Thousands of students and young volunteers joined in the program.
Nearly 4,200 units of blood were collected from the youth and other volunteers in the final collection drive of the annual blood-donation campaign Hanh trinh do (Red Journey) 2017.
