The National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT) is appealing to people with blood types O and A to make donations, as its blood reserves are now only sufficient to cover one week.
A young man donates blood at the Hue Central Hospital in Thua Thien-Hue province on April 1 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The National Institute of Hematologyand Blood Transfusion (NIHBT) is appealing to people with blood types O and A tomake donations, as its blood reserves are now only sufficient to cover oneweek.
The NIHBT said there were only some 8,000 bloodunits left in its stockpile as at April 6.
The COVID-19 pandemic has discouraged many peoplefrom donating blood over the last two months. The institute received only16,000 blood units in March, much lower than the 32,000 to 36,000 units donatedin March of previous years.
Though the number of patients visiting hospitalsfor check-ups and treatment has declined in recent times, the NIHBT still requiresaround 700 blood units every day for hospitals in 25 cities and provinces nationwide.
There is a serious shortage of donated blood atpresent, it said, noting that blood types O and A are in greatest demand.
The NIHBT has also decided to suspend donationof blood types B and AB, since demand for these is lower than the amount alreadyreceived.
To make a blood donation in Hanoi, people can visitthe institute’s headquarters on Pham Van Bach Street in Cau Giay district or blooddonation sites at 26 Luong Ngoc Quyen Street in Hoan Kiem district; 132 QuanNhan Street in Thanh Xuan district; 10, Laneway 122 Lang Street in Dong Dadistrict; and 1, Laneway 40 Ta Quang Buu Street in Hai Ba Trung district.
They can also search for the nearest donation siteat or at designated sites in their locality./.
About 1,000 trade union members and labourers in the central city of Da Nang took part in a blood donation programme on March 1, an activity to help ease blood shortage for health care after the Lunar New Year holiday.
The health sector has called on medical staff and the community to respond to blood donation at the Le hoi Xuan hong (Red Spring) blood donation festival at the headquarter of the Ministry of Health in Hanoi on March 12.
Wayne Worrel, a British expatriate who has lived in Vietnam for years, joined his peers at a blood donation spot at 26 Luong Ngoc Quyen street, Hanoi's Hoan Kiem district, on March 18 noon.
Party Central Committee General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong on April 2 sent a letter to people nationwide on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the “All-people blood donation day” (April 7), calling on them to push up the drive.
President of the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS) Central Committee Nguyen Thi Xuan Thu has sent a letter to call for the community's greater efforts to effectively prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure enough blood for emergencies and medical treatment.
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A young man donates blood at the Hue Central Hospital in Thua Thien-Hue province on April 1 (Photo: VNA) 
