Young workers in Ho Chi Minh City enthusiastically donate blood

Ho Chi Minh City is warning of a shortage of blood reserves to save lives, as units are focusing on stabilizing the new merger phase. Youth Union members and workers in Ho Chi Minh City have enthusiastically participated in donating blood at the call of many hospitals and blood donation centers.

On the morning of August 6, at the Cultural Center of Binh Duong Ward (HCMC), the Binh Duong Ward Voluntary Blood Donation Mobilization Committee coordinated with the Hematology Institute of Cho Ray Hospital (HCMC) to organize a voluntary blood donation program. Many union members, youth, workers, and laborers came to register to donate blood to save lives.

Arriving very early, Ms. Tuyet, a member of Foster Electronics Vietnam Co., Ltd., said that this was her first time donating blood. “I am afraid of needles, but I read in the newspaper that hospitals are currently lacking blood to save people, so I registered to donate blood. I think that if each person contributes a little, there will be a large amount to save people ,” Ms. Tuyet shared.

Approaching the milestone of 50 blood donations, Mr. Nguyen Minh Tam - Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Binh Duong Ward, came very early to donate blood and at the same time encouraged many relatives and friends to participate.

Sharing with reporters, many young people who came to donate blood said that they are always aware that in addition to love, there is also responsibility to the community, so when there is a place to organize blood donation to save people, they all enthusiastically participate.

More than 300 units of blood were received in the morning.

Since the beginning of June, many hematology centers and hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City and other provinces and cities have issued notices calling on people, agencies, organizations, and businesses to join hands in voluntary blood donation .

A representative of Cho Ray Hospital ( HCMC ) said that the amount of blood stored at the hospital's blood transfusion center has decreased slightly compared to the same period last year. Currently, the hospital still ensures enough blood for emergency care and treatment for patients at the hospital and in the Southeast provinces.

The decrease in blood supply at hospitals is due to restructuring and temporary suspension of blood donation activities by local Red Cross societies. The amount of blood received at blood banks in early July has decreased. Actual demand sometimes exceeds supply, leading to blood shortages.

To address this situation and stabilize the blood supply, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health has directed departments and agencies to wards and communes to urgently establish a steering committee for blood donation. The goal is to continue implementing blood collection activities at the ward and commune levels to ensure a more stable supply.

According to the Ho Chi Minh City Red Cross, the blood shortage has stabilized since August, when steering committees for voluntary blood donation and Red Cross chapters at ward, commune, and special zones were established and this work was promoted.

Source: https://ttbc-hcm.gov.vn/thanh-nien-cong-nhan-tai-tphcm-hang-hai-hien-mau-1019301.html