Luo Chuanyao (2nd from left), Vice President of Advanced Medicine, Wang Senren (1st from right), Deputy Director of Department of Surgery, and Chen Shuhui (1st from left), Deputy Director of Nursing Department, donated blood in the blood donation car.

(Provided by Gaoyi)

[Reporter Fang Zhixian / Kaohsiung Report] The Wuhan pneumonia (new coronavirus disease, COVID-19) epidemic has not yet dissipated, reducing people's willingness to donate blood, causing the blood donation center to face a new low in blood inventory in the past 30 years. Types A, B and O in Kaohsiung The blood is even more urgent, and the stock is less than 4 days' supply. Zhong Yinwen, the president of Kaohsiung Medical University Affiliated Hospital, initiated the hospital colleagues to donate blood together to save the blood bank.

The Kaohsiung Blood Donation Center cooperated with Gaoyi Medical College to drive the blood donation car to the hospital this morning, which is convenient for hospital colleagues to donate blood. Deputy Director Chen Shuhui and other medical and administrative staff participated in the blood donation activity.

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Zhong Yinwen said that due to the impact of the epidemic, the ischemia in the southern region was the most serious in history; blood donors reduced their willingness to go out to donate blood due to the epidemic, but the number of patients who needed blood transfusions would not decrease because of the epidemic, so ischemia has been become a national problem.

Through this event, Zhong Yinwen hopes to call on the public to go out of their homes and donate blood under the protection of safe epidemic prevention, so as to prevent the shortage of medical blood and contribute to the power of social stability.

According to the latest blood inventory released by the Taiwan Blood Foundation, the inventory of the four blood types in Kaohsiung is relatively low, especially the inventory of types A, B, and O is less than 4 days' supply. It is extremely necessary for the public to donate blood to save lives.

The Blood Donation Center points out that anyone who is between the ages of 17 and 65, weighs at least 50 kg for men and 45 kg for women, is in good health, has no symptoms such as colds, medicines, injections within 1 week, and has recovered from COVID-19 for more than two weeks. Donate blood.

Zhong Yinwen (middle) from Gaoyi Hospital led the Gaoyi team in response to the blood donation campaign.

(Provided by Gaoyi)

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