The Da Nang Youth Union and the Dong A University have launched a voluntary blood donation campaign and book collection for child cancer patients.

Students from the city-based Dong A University donate blood during a voluntary campaign in 2019.

The union said nearly 300 units of blood (250ml each) had been collected from students at the university on Thursday, while nearly 1,000 books were also donated.

As planned, the campaign aims to use the books to establish a library at a hospital for patients.

The University offers a free reading space for the community. It also opened a digital library for students.

According to the city’s Red Cross association, local donors donated over 40,000 litres of blood for treatment and emergency cases in hospitals since the campaign was launched in Da Nang in 2003. The voluntary blood donation supplies 99.5% of the demand required for treatment and emergency aid at the city’s hospitals.

According to the city’s blood donation steering board, voluntary donors account for 3% of the city’s 900,000 population – higher than the average ratio of provinces and cities nationwide (1.05%).

A cancer patient gets books at a hospital library in Da Nang. Nearly 1,000 books were donated to establish libraries at hospitals around the city.

The city has a list of 650 individuals who are able to donate blood at short notice in emergency cases.

The annual Red Journey often receives more than 1,200 units of blood from local donors for blood transfusions at 20 hospitals in the city and neighbouring Quảng Nam Province.

(Source: VNS/ DA NANG Today)