August 17, 2020 | 19:47 (GMT+7)
Military unit joins blood donation drive
PANO - 600 officers, youth union members and workers from Military Central Hospital 108, and Factory Z115 under the General Department of Defense Industry, and other units participated in a blood donation drive on August 16.
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Nearly 450 blood units are collected during the drive |
Speaking at the event, Senior Colonel Nguyen Anh Tuan, Secretary of Factory Z115's Party Committee, stressed, “This is the first time the unit's youth union organization has organized a blood donation program. The event aims to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the August Revolution (August 19) and National Day (September 2) and the 75th founding anniversary of the General Department of Defense Industry.”
"We hope that this program will become a premise for the unit's youth union members to continue maintaining and promoting noble gestures for the community," he noted.
Due to the complicated development of COVID-19 pandemic, the organizers and participants had to seriously observe and practice the social distancing rules and other measures to prevent the disease.
The drive collected nearly 450 blood units for emergency cases and treatment of patients at the hospital.
Translated by Chung Anh