A member of the Red Journey's organising board presents flowers to a blood donor at the blood donation event in HCM City on June 22 (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City collected a total of 1,500 blood units on June 22as part of a nationwide blood donation campaign “Hanh Trinh Do” (Red Journey).
Starting on June13, the campaign has been held in Ca Mau, Kien Giang, Hai Phong, Quang Ninh,Can Tho, Lam Dong, Dak Lak and HCM City. To date, more than 7,500 blood units werecollected during this year’s campaign.
The organisingboard of the Red Journey campaign puts a programme themed “Globin Cipher” inactivities in Ho Chi Minh City and several other localities with the aim to raisecommunity awareness of thalassemia - a genetic blood disorder that can lead toheart failure and liver problems.
Doctor Ngo ManhQuan, from the National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion,stressed the importance of the work, especially for young people and thoseabout to get married, as around 2,000 Vietnamese babies are born withthalassemia each year.
Luu Hoang Phuc, a resident in HCM City’s Phu Nhuan district, who has donatedhis blood 26 times, said: “Each blood donation takes around one hour, but cansave someone from critical conditions. I feel very happy”.
“Red Journey” isa cross-country campaign initiated by the National Steering Committee forVoluntary Blood Donation and the National Institute of Haematology and BloodTransfusion in 2013, aiming to raise public awareness of the need for blooddonation as well as thalassaemia, a genetic blood disorder that can lead to heartfailure and liver problems, and to address the shortage of blood for medicaluse.
Over the pastfive years, more than 120,000 blood units were collected, helping to reduceblood shortages during summer and saves lives of thousands of patients acrossthe country.
This year’scampaign will conclude on July 14, passing through 26 cities and provinces andexpected to collect at least 30,000 blood units. In 2017, the campaigncollected over 38,000 blood units nationwide.-VNA
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A wide range of activities will be held from June 7-9 in the capital city of Hanoi and the northern province of Ninh Binh to honour 100 outstanding blood donors nationwide to celebrate World Blood Donor Day (June 14).
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A member of the Red Journey's organising board presents flowers to a blood donor at the blood donation event in HCM City on June 22 (Photo: VNA) 
