Residents in HCM Metropolis donate blood on the programme held in Thu Duc metropolis on April 7. (Photograph: VNA)HCM Metropolis (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh
Metropolis has taken the lead within the voluntary blood donation motion for a lot of
years, accounting for one-fifth of the donated blood nationwide, President of
town’s Purple Cross Society Tran Truong Son mentioned on April 7.
Addressing the launch of the All
Folks’s Voluntarily Blood Donation Day (April 7), he famous that from December
1994 to December 31, 2022, town recorded greater than 2.8 million voluntary blood
donations, gathering over 3 million blood items to make sure enough provide
for emergency assist and therapy at 150 native hospitals and in some southern
provinces.
Specifically, the donation mobilisation
and reception have been maintained even amid the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, thus
guaranteeing blood provide for medical institutions, he mentioned.
Since 2021, digital transformation has
been carried out in donation mobilisation with the launch of the “Giot mau vang”
(Golden Blood) app.
Greater than 35,000 individuals have used
this app, through which practically 60,000 donation registrations have been made, together with
practically 40% registering to donate once more. The app has helped donors choose
appropriate donation areas and time whereas helping town’s blood financial institution in
donation administration, in accordance with Son.
For 2023, the southern metropolis seems to be to lift
220,000 baggage of donated blood, greater than 80% of that are 350 – 450ml baggage and
over 95% is secure blood, to fulfill the emergency assist and therapy demand.
It can additionally suggest the
institution of mounted blood donation websites to create extra beneficial
circumstances for donors and disseminate information about blood donation, he
added./.
VNA