Meet nearly 100 typical phenotype compatible blood donors in 2025

Speaking at the program, Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Ngoc Que - Director of the National Blood Center said that in 2025 alone, the National Blood Center, National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion received 3,394 expected phenotypic compatible blood units from treatment facilities. The amount of suitable blood stored in the warehouse is 1,546 units, only meeting about 45%. The remaining amount (55%) must be searched and mobilized directly from blood donors.

Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Ngoc Que - Director of the National Blood Center gives gifts to children who received phenotype blood participating in the program.

During the year, the Public Relations Department of the National Blood Center contacted individuals to participate in phenotype blood donation and 2,193 people agreed to participate. However, due to many objective reasons such as sudden work or not meeting the conditions for blood donation at the time of examination and testing, the Center only received 1,750 successful blood donations (80%).

Mobilizing phenotypic compatible blood donors is difficult. On average, patients need phenotypic compatible blood transfusion once a month, but donors must be 12 weeks old to be eligible to donate blood again. On the other hand, the cost of doing a full blood group antigen test is quite high, and the State has no financial support mechanism, making it difficult to expand the blood donor pool.

National Blood Center, National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion honors outstanding phenotype-compatible blood donors in 2025

Over the years, the National Blood Center, the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion and patients have always received the companionship and support of many phenotype blood donors. In the list of nearly 100 outstanding blood donors honored in 2025, there are many people who have donated blood more than 30, 40 times, many people live dozens of kilometers away from the Institute such as in Me Linh, Soc Son, even in provinces outside Hanoi such as Bac Ninh, Hung Yen, Ninh Binh... But those silent heroes have not hesitated to travel long distances, regardless of hot or cold days, always ready to arrange work to donate blood at the call of the Institute, which is also the call of patients, the call of the heart.

At the program, many phenotype compatible blood donors shared their feelings and wishes on their humanitarian journey for the sick.

Outstanding blood donors honored in 2025

As a police officer with a very busy job, Mr. Tran Ngoc The still arranges to go to the Institute to donate blood after work. "We give but do not expect anyone to receive, because if no one receives, it means those people are healthy and do not need our blood. But at any time, we are ready to send our small drops of blood to patients when needed" - Mr. Tran Ngoc The expressed.

With those words shared, the program to meet typical Phenotype compatible blood donors is no longer simply an event to show gratitude to blood donors, but has become a bridge between donors and recipients of precious blood units. From there, each patient feels warmer and more confident knowing that there are always doctors and strangers ready to accompany and share life with them even though the journey to find blood is not easy.

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Blood has a particularly important role in emergency care and patient treatment, but in many cases requiring blood transfusion, phenotype-compatible blood is even more important.
In October 2024, the International Society of Blood Transfusion recognized that there are 47 red blood cell blood group systems with 366 different blood group antigens. With the diversity of blood group antigens, it is very difficult to find two individuals with exactly the same blood group antigens. The more blood transfusions a patient receives, the more likely they are to be exposed to foreign antigens and the higher the risk of developing abnormal antibodies.
At that time, transfusion of ABO and Rh(D) compatible blood is not enough, but it is necessary to transfuse blood compatible with antigens of other blood group systems, also known as phenotype compatible blood transfusion. The diversity of blood group antigens is an extremely big challenge for the medical industry, especially the field of blood transfusion in the emergency and treatment of patients with rare blood groups and needing phenotype compatible blood transfusion.

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