MoH marks World Blood Donor Day
MUSCAT: The Ministry of Health (MoH) organised a celebration on Wednesday marking World Blood Donor Day, observed annually on June 14 and held this year under the theme ‘One Drop of Humanity. Give Blood. Save Lives’. During the ceremony, the Ministry of Health honoured blood donors.
The ceremony was held under the auspices of Dr Said bin Harib al Lamki, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Health for Health Affairs, and was attended by a gathering of donors, officials and invited guests.
Mohsen bin Saif al Sharyani, Head of the Donor Affairs Section at the Blood Services Department of the Ministry of Health, delivered a speech in which he stressed that the celebration of World Blood Donor Day embodies the highest values of humanitarian giving and reaffirms that solidarity among members of society remains one of the greatest values that preserve life and safeguard human dignity.
The Head of the Donor Affairs Section highlighted the developments witnessed by blood bank services in the Sultanate of Oman over the past years, noting the expansion of service coverage to bring services closer to donors, as well as the opening of new vital facilities, including the Seeb Blood Donation Center at Al Araimi Boulevard, which was inaugurated earlier this year, in addition to the expansion project of the Blood Services Department building in Bausher, which is expected to be completed in the coming weeks.
Dr Said bin Harib al Lamki, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Health for Health Affairs, honoured 100 male and female donors, including donors with rare blood types.
