Dubai Health Authority statistics showed that the Dubai Blood Donation Center succeeded in attracting approximately 22,000 blood donors, representing 150 nationalities, in an ideal blood unit count, amounting to about 20 thousand units in addition to 1737 platelets, and blood plasma, collected at a time Brief during the period from mid-February to yesterday.
This came on the occasion of the International Blood Donor Day, which falls on the 14th of June of every year, in which the Authority celebrates its registered donors, and everyone who initiates a drop of blood to save the life of a sick or injured person.
The authority stated that the center was able to inform the blood donors with all means of care and health care during the past period, according to the safety and safety standards in force globally, on which it is based at all stages from the donation process, and through the collection and transportation of blood units and providing them to those in need of chronic disease and accident sufferers , And others.
The authority pointed out that the Dubai Blood Donation Center has provided patients and injured people in need of blood units in its hospitals and private sector hospitals, with 13,000 units for the authority, and 7,000 blood units for private hospitals, and Thalassemia patients alone have allocated 3,500 units.
Dubai Health Authority Director General Humaid Mohammed Al Qatami said that donating blood is a human impact of great impact, which is rooted in the Emirati society and its traditions and a set of concepts that donors realize and believe in its importance, and the importance of a drop of blood in saving the lives of others.
He pointed out that the Dubai Blood Donation Center, based in his work on the latest smart technologies, is considered one of the leading and internationally accredited centers in this vital field, and in the standards and protocols of blood safety and donor safety, in addition to its excellence in its competencies of doctors, experts and specialists based on it, pointing out that The authority continues to develop the center to maintain its international standing, role, and medical and humanitarian contributions.
For her part, Dr. Farida Al Khaja, Executive Director of the Supportive and Nursing Services Sector, said that the number of registered blood donors in 2019 reached 66 thousand, which is a typical number representing 150 nationalities, pointing out that the number of donation campaigns during the same year reached to 800 campaigns.
She stated that the healthy climate provided by the authority for blood donors during the last period, increased the number of those registered in the blood donors lists, during the period from the beginning of this year until the end of last May, who reached about 25 thousand donors, 22 thousand of them donated, while the center continues Receive the rest of the registrants.