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This year, World Blood Donor Day is celebrated beneath the theme ‘Safe blood for all’. The occasion was held at Grand Millennium Muscat beneath the auspices of H E Dr Ali bin Talib al Hinai, Undersecretary for Planning Affairs, MoH, in the presence of a quantity of their excellencies and senior officials, in addition to representatives of the authorities and organisations that contributed to the good results of blood donation drives.
Delivering a speech, Dr Zainab Salim al Oraimi, director of the Blood Banks Services, pointed out that the theme of this year underlines the significance of accessing to inexpensive and timely supplies of protected and high quality-assured blood and blood goods, as an integral element of universal well being coverage and a important element of successful well being systems.
She highlighted the health-related achievements resulting from the ongoing blood donation drives which includes liver transplant operations, foetal blood transfusions, as effectively as bone marrow transplants and heart surgery.
In this regard, 11 liver transplant operations had been effectively performed. A liver transplant operation needs the provision of 24 platelet units, 60 plasma units, and 40 units of red blood cells.
Dr Zainab added that 41 surgeries had been performed on kids right after the campaign run by the National Heart Centre final September.
The ministry established a Guinness World Record on the National Blood Donation Initiative. Blood Banks Services in the sultanate has received considerable interest from MoH. In its efforts to upgrade the security of blood, DNA screening technologies for blood donors has been lately introduced to detect hepatitis B and C, and HIV/AIDS.
The honouring ceremony displayed presentations on the ‘Safe blood for all’ in addition to a project named ‘Qatrat Hayat’.
At the finish of the ceremony, 178 blood donors, which includes donors with uncommon blood groups and platelet, had been honoured.
The honouring additional integrated 55 public, private, and non-governmental organisations, authorities, and people engaged in blood donations campaigns, in addition to outstanding coordinators of blood donation campaigns and the sub blood banks in the sultanate’s distinct governorates, as effectively the winners of the Qatrat Hayat project from the scout troops.
Celebrated on June 14 each year, World Blood Donor Day serves to thank voluntary blood donors and to raise awareness of the want for normal blood donations.
Information Source: Muscat Daily
