People urged to donate platelet for patients with dengue fever
VOV.VN - Amid the dengue fever epidemic remaining complicated with a number of serious cases, the organizing board of the Red Sunday campaign has called on those who are healthy enough to actively participate in platelet donation.
At the 15th Red Sunday 2023 blood donation campaign which took place on December 18 in Hanoi, Associate Professor Nguyen Ha Thanh, director of the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT), noted that although the platelet counts remain adequate, the sharp increase in dengue fever cases has put pressure on the blood supply work. Indeed, this is necessary for people receiving emergency treatment.
He therefore stressed that the campaign is also part of efforts to overcome the blood and platelets shortage, which has hit hospitals amid dengue fever cases peaking across the country.
Assoc. Prof. Thanh also noted that the blood and platelets collected from the Red Sunday series of voluntary blood donation festivals had greatly helped patients who required blood and platelets in order to save their lives.
Le Xuan Son, editor-in-Chief of Tien Phong newspaper and head of the organizing committee, said that the campaign anticipates that it will collect 45,000 to 50,000 blood units during four months from November to February, 2023.
Son added that since November the campaign has been organised in six provinces and cities, with nine blood donation events receiving approximately 5,000 units of blood.