About 10,000 units of blood expected during Red Spring Festival

As many as 10,000 units of blood are expected to be collected during the Xuan Hong (Red Spring) Festival 2017, which will open on February 18.
About 10,000 units of blood expected during Red Spring Festival ảnh 1Illustrative image (Source: VNA)
 
 Hanoi (VNA) –As many as 10,000 units of blood are expected to becollected during the Xuan Hong (Red Spring) Festival 2017, which will open onFebruary 18.

According to Prof. Dr. Nguyen Anh Tri, Director of the NationalInstitute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT), who is also head of the festival’sorganising board, this year’s event will take place at the National ConventionCentre in Hanoi with many activities honouring individuals and units with greatcontributions to the festival over the years.

After the opening ceremony, which is expected to see the performance of manyfamous artists and singers, the National Steering Committee for Blood Donationwill hold a conference to review the annual festival in the last ten years.

Earlier on February 12-13, about 1,000 volunteers from the Hanoi Association ofYouth Blood Donor Recruiters tookto the streets to encourage people to donate blood.

In response to the call for post-Tet blood donations and to celebrate 10 yearsof the Red Spring Festival, on February 17, more than 600 health workers from20 Hanoi-based hospitals will join a parade along streets in the capital tocall for blood donations to save lives.

Since the first of its kind was held in Hanoi in 2008, the festival receivednearly 51,000 blood units from voluntary donors.-VNA





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