October 18, 2021 | 19:26 (GMT+7)
Military academy launches blood donation drive
PANO - The Air Defense - Air Force Academy and Central Military Hospital 108 jointly launched a voluntary blood donation drive on October 17 in the presence of the academy’s deputy head Senior Colonel Ta Van Trung.
The drive, the third of its kind, attracted more than 500 cadres and cadets of the academy.
In the spirit of “Each drop of blood donated, a life saved,” the academy collected 507 blood units to help treat their comrades and other patients at Central Military Hospital 108.
Since the beginning of this year, the cadres and cadets of the academy have donated 1,539 units of blood, an outstanding achievement.
The blood donation drive was part of the activities of the academy’s special emulation program “The military joins hands with the nation to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic.”
In the coming time, the two units will boost their coordination, increase dissemination of information about voluntary blood donation, to attract more donors.
Translated by Song Anh