5066 new blood units collected
"My Blood for My Home" attracts more than 60% of new donors
The "My Blood for My Country" campaign has succeeded in collecting 5,066 new blood units, since its beginning on June 13, confirming that more than 60% of its participants are new. Save lives.
The Director of the Laboratory and Genetics Department at the authority, Dr. Hussein Al-Samt, told «Emirates Today» that the campaign continues to implement external campaigns, targeting government 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 provide an adequate stock of blood in all its types.
He said that the campaign is implemented in a strategic partnership and fruitful cooperation between "Emirates Today", "Al-Amin" service, and the Dubai Health Authority.
Al-Samt mentioned that males topped the list of donors in the campaign, with 4,481 donors, compared to 585 women, calling on community members to donate, through the various outlets provided by the Dubai Health Authority.
He added that a single blood unit can save the lives of three people, whose health condition requires a blood transfusion, calling on community members, citizens and residents, to participate in the campaign, to provide the largest amount of blood, to save lives.
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 its success and encouraged community members to participate in it, especially after His Highness emphasized the importance of the initiative, 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 is Sick and wounded need every drop of blood.”
Follow our latest local and sports news and the latest political and economic developments via Google news