On the eve of the 14th World Blood Donor Day, a temporary blood donation booth was set up at the Wujiaochang Square. With a red facade and transparent walls, the booth was quite a sight with a flock of blood donors. On June 13, the launch event for the celebration of the 14th World Blood Donor Day and for the Blood Donation Promotion Month was held near the booth.
The slogan for this year's World Blood Donor Day is "What can you do?" "The city needs a huge amount of blood every day for medical treatment. 7% of blood in our blood bank is for pregnant women and infants, and 25% for battling cancer; 20-donor-equal volume of blood is needed for each burn patient, and 50 for each major traffic accident," on behalf of excellent volunteer donors, Zha Zhanshan, Deputy Director of the Department of Blood Transfusion with a cumulative blood donation of over 10,000 ml, explained the meaning of regular blood donation for saving lives.
There are currently two stationary blood donation booths in Yangpu District with an average daily blood collection of about 13 and 6 units (200 ml per unit) respectively and a total annual blood collection of about 1.4 million ml, which, however, still fails to meet the increasing demand for clinical purposes. According to a senior official at Yangpu Commission of Health and Family Planning, the objective of the volunteer blood donation enterprise is to ensure sustained and continuous blood supply; Yangpu will strive to improve the citizens' participation and satisfaction in blood donation through establishing more booths and providing better blood donation services.