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Blood Bank of Sheikh Khalifa Medical
City in Abu Dhabi and Al Noor Hospital organized a campaign to
donate blood, results in collecting 157 units of Blood |
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blood donation campaign was organized by Al Noor Hospitals’
group, Abu Dhabi, in collaboration with the blood bank of Sheikh
Khalifa Medical City - Abu Dhabi- by using the mobile blood bank
unit. The campaign collected 157 blood units and derivatives
during 3 days reflecting the awareness of the hospitals group
workers and visitors in donating the blood as humanitarian
action.
Dr. Kassem Alom, Chief Executive Officer of Al Hospitals’ Group,
Abu Dhabi, stated that the campaign is part of the corporate
social responsibility, which incited the group to continue
cooperation with the blood bank for the success of the campaigns
organized to collect blood units and to provide the derivatives
and units of blood for the needs of the sick and emergencies.
The Group constantly strives to organize such humanitarian
campaigns, which are essential and necessary to help patients
that need blood transfusion, and to consistently achieve
self-sufficiency in blood and blood products, noting the active
role played by the mobile blood bank unit.
The campaign was led by Dr. Ahmad Al Imam, Hematology specialist
and Dr. Azza Mohamed Mamdouh from the blood bank in Abu Dhabi
and Dr. Thoraya Sari, Head of Laboratories in Al Noor Hospital
and a number of Laboratory technicians. Campaign leaflets were
distributed to staff and visitors of Al Noor Hospital to
sensitize donors by informing about the importance of blood
donation, blood donation requirements and benefits to one’s
health, and the role of blood donation in rescuing patients and
alleviating their suffering.
Dr Ahmad Al Imam Hematology specialist in the blood bank in Abu
Dhabi noted that the donators showed remarkable presence, with
56 total donors in campaign organized at Al Noor
Hospital-Airport Road branch and 101 total donors in the
campaign organized in the hospital’s Khalifa street branch,
bringing the total blood units collected during the campaign to
157 blood units and derivatives. Stressing that the health
conditions are checked before taking blood unit or blood
products from donors in the context of preserving the safety of
donors, and all units of blood collected and their derivatives
are subject to strict laboratory checks of up to 8 examinations
to ensure safety before giving it to patients.
There is consistent enthusiasm from Abu Dhabi residents towards
blood donation campaigns done by the mobile blood bank unit,
noting that these campaigns organized by the blood bank in
coordination with various institutions and companies using
mobile Blood Bank aims to encourage people to donate blood as an
humanitarian action, and such campaigns contribute to providing
the requirements of the health facilities of various blood
derivatives and units.
Dr. Thoraya Sari, Head of Noor Hospital Laboratories stressed
that the process of blood donation is very useful to activate
blood cells syntheses and the circulatory system and it
contributes to saving the lives of others in particular the
donation of one person might save the lives of four other people
through the separation of the blood derivatives.
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