January 05, 2017 | 21:39 (GMT+7)
25,000 blood units to be donated
PANO – The 9th Red Sunday - Blood Donation Festival - will take place on January 8th in Hanoi and other localities under the auspices of the Tien Phong Newspaper in association with the National Traffic Safety Committee, and National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion.
At the press conference on January 4
The event aims to collect blood, easing an increasing demand for blood in treatment at hospitals during the Lunar New Year 2017.
Last year, the event was held in 22 localities nationwide and 22,455 blood units were donated.
This year, 40 other blood donation events are scheduled in 25 localities and with the goal to collect about 25,000 blood units to ease blood shortage in hospitals.
On the sidelines of the event, the organizing board will visit hospitals in Hanoi and present gifts to patients.
Translated by Minh Anh