According to the National Health Commission, in 2023, the overall blood ** in the country will be stable. There are 1699 in the whole year20,000 people donated blood for free, and the amount of blood donated reached 2,89210,000 units, an increase of 5 percent from 20229% and 48%, the number of blood donations and the volume of blood donations reached a record high.
According to the 2021 Global Status Report on Blood Safety and Availability released by the World Health Organization, China ranks among the top in the world in terms of the total amount of unpaid blood donations, the level of blood quality and safety, and the reasonable level of clinical blood use.
Medical staff donate blood to protect blood during the Chinese New Year**.
Every winter is the off-season for blood donation, and medical staff in Beijing, Dalian and other places actively carry out unpaid blood donation activities to ensure blood during the Spring Festival.
At 8 o'clock in the morning in Beijing, medical staff lined up to donate blood. Tan Xianjie, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology, donated 400 milliliters of blood this time, which is the largest amount of whole blood donated by a healthy adult in a single donation.
Tan Xianjie, deputy director of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beijing: Because I have type O blood, type O blood is a universal blood transfusion, which is relatively scarce, so I donated an extra 200 ml.
Sun Limeng, a teaching teacher in the seventh ward of the first section of the International Medical Department of Beijing: Passing on the love, and then infecting the people around me, because I donate blood every year to drive our family, my sister and my lover, and they go to the blood donation vehicle with me every year to donate blood.
Gan Jia, executive deputy director of the blood transfusion department in Beijing: I don't give much, I only donate 15 times. For most health**, donating 200 or 400 ml of blood is safe and has no effect on the body. Our existing research suggests that regular blood donation is associated with at least a reduced risk of heart-related disease.
Recently, due to cold weather and the epidemic of respiratory diseases, the number of blood donations on the streets has decreased significantly. Medical institutions at all levels in Dalian, Liaoning Province actively carry out unpaid blood donation activities.
Guo Chengzhong, Chairman of the Labor Union of Hope Square Campus of Dalian Women and Children's Medical Center: Everyone is very enthusiastic, and in less than three days, a total of more than 350 people have signed up in two batches.
Cardiac surgeon Gao Minglei has been donating blood for 18 consecutive years, with a cumulative blood donation of nearly 20,000 milliliters.
Gao Minglei, Deputy Director of the Department of Cardiology, Children's Heart Center, Dalian Women and Children's Medical Center: After carrying out various types of heart surgeries, I have a deeper understanding of the shortage and preciousness of clinical blood. I wondered if I could use my own way to contribute to these children and my cause of saving lives and helping the wounded.
*: CCTV News.