Voluntary blood donation, a noble deed needs to be multiplied widely

Voluntary blood donation is a noble deed that needs to be multiplied widely.

A noble deed

Provincial Steering Board of Voluntary Blood Donation in collaboration with its TDM city branch and the HCM city-based Cho Ray hospital’s Hematology and Blood Transfusion Center has just organized a voluntary blood donation campaign in the city. When being questioned why they took part in the campaign, most blood donors herein said that blood donation was a very significant deed, so they registered to give blood.

Duong Quang Toan, residing in TDM city’s Phu Cuong ward, said that he has so far donated blood 12 times. He has also actively mobilized his relatives to get involved in the local voluntary blood donation campaign. With great significance, drops of blood given will contribute to bringing smiles and happiness to many people.

Replication needed

The province’s voluntary blood donation campaign has absorbed more and more participants.

Tran Thi Lien, Deputy Head of provincial Steering Board of Voluntary Blood Donation, Chairwoman of provincial Red Cross Society said: “Over the past time, provincial Steering Board of Voluntary Blood Donation at all levels boosted a task of propagandizing and mobilizing locals to give blood and regularly coordinated with the HCM city-based Cho Ray hospital’s Hematology and Blood Transfusion Center. This contributed to increasing the number of locals taking parting in the annual voluntary blood donation campaign. In 2015 alone, the whole province organized a total of 88 voluntary blood donation stages with 16,400 units of blood given or 102.5% of the year’s target…”.

Provincial Steering Board of Voluntary Blood Donation also actively implemented the  voluntary blood donation campaign on the occasion of the 2016 Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday and the “Pink Spring” festival 2016. From Jan.15 to Mar.15, there were 4,500 people registering to join in the campaign with 3,302 units of blood given or 20% of the year’s target. The whole province also had a total of 450 people registering to take part in the “Pink Spring” festival 2016 with 275 units of blood donated.

According to Mrs.Lien, the above results came from the integral efforts by provincial Steering Boards of Voluntary Blood Donation at all levels, especially blood donors’ enthusiastic response.

Reported by Cam Ly-Translated by K.T