Implemented by "Emirates Today", "Al-Amin" and "Dubai Health"
“My blood for my country” collects 245 new blood units
The campaign collected 95 units via mobile donation buses.
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Dr. Hussein Al-Samt: "The campaign will continue to implement external campaigns targeting governmental and private institutions."
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Yesterday, the "My Blood for My Country" campaign collected 245 new blood units, during the third day of the start of its new cycle, bringing the total units to 864 units, enough to save more than 2,500 people.
The campaign called on community members to take the initiative to donate through the various outlets provided by the Dubai Health Authority.
The Director of the Department of Laboratories and Genetics in the authority, Dr. Hussein Al-Samt, told "Emirates Today" that the campaign collected yesterday, 95 blood units through mobile donation buses, and 150 units from donors inside the center.
He stressed the continuation of the campaign in implementing external campaigns targeting governmental and private institutions, in addition to distributing mobile donation buses in different regions, with the aim of collecting the largest possible number of blood units and providing an adequate stock of blood of all types.
The campaign is implemented in a strategic partnership and fruitful cooperation between "Emirates Today", "Al-Amin" service, and the authority.
The "My Blood for My Country" campaign was launched in its first session in 2012 under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council.
His Highness was the first to donate blood at the moment of the campaign’s launch, which contributed to the success and encouragement of community members to participate in it, especially after His Highness emphasized the importance of the initiative by saying that “blood donation is the best gift that a citizen and resident can give as an expression of love for the homeland, especially since there are sick and injured people in need. to every drop of blood.
The authority's statistics showed that the campaign provided about 36,000 units of blood during the past nine years, which helped save the lives of 90,000 patients.
• 864 units of blood collected by the "My Blood for My Country" campaign within 3 days.
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