IPOH:
Some 100 donors came forward to donate blood organised by Pantai
Hospital Ipoh (PHI), here.
The
event themed “ Save Life Give Blood, Be A Blood Hero” was a
one-day event jointly supported by Great Eastern Life Assurance and
Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun (HRPB).
PHI
chief executive officer Chong Siet Fong said the National Blood
Centre had appealed to the public urgently to donate blood, as the
Covid-19 outbreak has caused a reduction in the number of donors,
leading to a low blood bank levels.
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| CHONG SIET FONG (LEFT), DR MALA MUTUSHAMY (RIGHT), LIEW CHOO KONG (SECOND FROM RIGHT) POSING WITH THE DONOR, AT PHI |
“The
shortage of blood supply is now further intensified during the month
of Ramadan.
“In
addition, the movement control order (MCO) has led to blood donation
activities being affected, with scheduled donation campaigns
canceled,” she said.
Meanwhile
HRPB representative of Blood Transfusion Department Dr Mala Mutushamy
said there was a decline of 40% in terms of collection of blood,
which was to be channeled to government, district and private
hospitals.
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| CHONG SIET FONG (RIGHT) PRESENTING A GIFT TO LIEW HOO KONG. LOOKING ON - DR MALA MUTUSHAMY (RIGHT) |
Great
Eastern Super Group Northern Region Social Affairs & Recreation
Bureau representative Liew Choo Kong said the company aimed to keep
on setting up blood donation campaign in the Northern Region
to prevent over shortage of blood supply in the Blood Bank Centre.
In
another note, in conjunction with International Nurses Day, PHI had
donated 250 food boxes to Malaysia Welfare Department followed with
two cartons of milk powder donated by the nurses themselves for the
unprivileged children through Pertubuhan Pengurusan Pusat Jagaan 1
Malaysia Perak.
