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HCM City lacks blood for medical treatment at year-end

Ho Chi Minh City face a shortage of blood for medical treatment in the last two months of this year, according to Chairman of the city’s Red Cross Society Tran Truong Son.
HCM City lacks blood for medical treatment at year-end ảnh 1Ho Chi Minh City will need an additional 60,000 bags of blood from now to the end of the year to serve treatment in local hospitals. (Illustrative image. Source: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City face a shortage of bloodfor medical treatment in the last two months of this year, according toChairman of the city’s Red Cross Society Tran Truong Son.  

Speaking at a communication event on voluntary blood donation onNovember 19, Son said as of November 15, the city’s humanitarian blood donationcentre had received 237,537 bags of blood, equivalent to 302,888 blood units,meeting 91.36 percent of the year’s target. The rate of clean blood was 98.55percent.

This means the city will need an additional 60,000 bags of blood fromnow to the end of the year to serve treatment in local hospitals.

Besides, the blood transfusion centre of Cho Ray Hospital, whichsupplies blood for medical treatment for not only the hospital but alsosoutheastern provinces, also lacks about 20,000 blood units from now to the endof the year.

 To address the shortage, the city’s steering board forhumanitarian blood donation is organizing a communication campaign targetingpeople from all walks of life from November 15 to December 15 to encourageblood donation.

The humanitarian blood donation centre will coordinate with the city’s tradeunion of State employees to mobilise 10,000 persons to donate blood./.

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