Blood donators at the festival (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – As of March 11, the
11th Xuan Hong (Red Spring) festival collected more than 10,200 units of
blood from donors in Hanoi.
During the three-day festival from March 9-11, the
event lured 11,000 participants, of whom 8,500 registered to donate more than
7,000 blood units at the National Institute of Haematology and Blood
Transfusion (NIHBT).
Previously, the NIHBT collected over 3,400
at 17 locations across Hanoi from March 3-7 as part of the festival.
Donors were also introduced to the blood treating
process at the institute. The festival this year also attracted relatives of
patients at the institute.
Luu Viet Hoang and his wife, Phan Thuy Bich, residing
in Ha Dong district were among the donors. Bich expressed her excitement to
join the event, saying that she and her husband took their daughter (six years
old now) with them every time they donated blood, so that she could understand
the meaning of the charity event.
is the year’s largest blood donation
event, launched by the NIHBT in 2008, and conducted nationwide in 2010.
The movement has contributed to ensuring blood supply
while raising public awareness of s.
Over the past 11 years, more than 70,500 units have
been donated.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
