The first fixed blood donation site is located at – No 26 Luong Ngoc Quyen street in the heart of Hanoi’s Old Quarter. (Photo: nihbt.org.vn)Hanoi (VNA) –
The (NIHBT) has opened
its first fixed blood donation site at Hoan Kiem Health Centre at No 26 Luong Ngoc
Quyen street in Hanoi’s Old Quarter.
The site opens daily and
is expected to make it more convenient for people to donate blood regularly,
said NIHBT Director Bach Quoc Khanh.
He said that the
institute’s blood collection had mainly taken place at mobile donation sites,
which resulted in irregular reception of blood and blood shortages, especially
during summer vacation and Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays when
students – accounting for a high proportion of blood donors – leave the city.
Most of the donated
blood was from universities, colleges, companies and organisations.
In Hanoi, only 40 percent
of blood donors keep donating blood again, Khanh said.
The out-of-hospital
blood donation site is expected to be easy for people to access as well as help
them form a habit on regular medical check-up as blood donors could be offered
testing packages as gifts when arriving on site.
The NIHBT and Hanoi’s
Health Department plans to open other s in other
districts including Dong Da and Thanh Xuan.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
