Hamad Medical Corporation launches its annual blood and organ donation campaign

Hamad Medical Corporation, in cooperation with the Al-Faisal Without Borders Foundation for Charitable Works, launched the Ramadan field campaign for voluntary blood donation and organ donation, which will continue until the end of the blessed Eid Al-Fitr holiday. The annual Ramadan field campaign for voluntary blood donation and organ donation aims to maintain the sustainability of blood donation and the strategic stock of the blood bank at HMC during the holy month, encourage the public to donate blood, attract organ donors and promote the culture of organ donation in society. The campaign, which celebrates its tenth year this year, has achieved remarkable success over the past years and has succeeded in attracting a large number of blood donors and organ donors. It is held throughout the nights of the holy month, in major commercial complexes and various cultural, social and youth centers with a large crowd. The launch of the organ donation campaign in the holy month of Ramadan comes as part of the national campaign implemented by the Qatar Center for Organ Donation and continues throughout the year. Which is supervised by Hamad Medical Corporation. His Excellency Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Al-Faisal Without Borders Foundation for Charitable Works, said after the launch of the campaign that the Foundation is keen every year to establish a distinctive platform in the City Center for the blood donation and organ donation campaign in order to deliver its message to citizens and residents, and that the partnership with Hamad Medical Corporation It emphasizes the social responsibility of the Al-Faisal Foundation without Borders and its contribution to achieving the Qatar National Vision 2030. He called on the public to interact with the blood donation campaign and organ donation due to the importance of these services for the medical sector and serving patients, noting the efforts of Hamad Medical Corporation, especially its launch of this distinguished annual initiative. For his part, Mr. Ali Abdullah Al-Khater, Head of Institutional Communication at Hamad Medical Corporation, stressed the importance of the distinguished partnership between Hamad Medical Corporation and Al-Faisal Without Borders Foundation, praising the efforts of His Excellency Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani and Al-Faisal Without Borders Foundation for Charitable Works for the continuous support of Hamad Medical Corporation. He said that the continuous success of the annual campaign for blood donation and organ donation confirms the great awareness of the public in order to support and enrich the stock of the blood bank, as well as their desire to register in the records of organ donors after death. In this context, Dr. Riyad Fadel, Director of the Qatar Center for Organ Donation (Heba), said that the platforms affiliated with the National Campaign for Organ Donation are currently located in ten major commercial centers, where the awareness wing of the campaign includes a group of (Heba) center’s medical, nursing and administrative staff who communicate with the public. In order to introduce them to the vision, mission and objectives of the Qatar Center for Organ Donation, and to respond to public inquiries about organ donation and its importance in saving life, registration is also facilitated for organ donation after death for those wishing to join, as the donor is immediately given the identity of the donor after death. Dr. Riyad Fadel explained that the Qatar Organ Donation Center announced last October that the number of registered organ donors after death reached more than half a million donors, which constitutes about 25% of the adult population in the State of Qatar, which is a great achievement compared to the population, as witnessed. The year 2022 recorded the largest number of organ donors since the start of the organ transplantation program in the country, where 83 living donors were honored, in addition to 35 postmortem organ donors. In her turn, Ms. Sadeeqa Al-Mahmoudi, Medical Director of the Blood Donation Center at Hamad Medical Corporation, confirmed that the mass campaigns for voluntary blood donation that are launched during the month of Ramadan contribute to securing a stock of up to 100% of blood groups, and this comes as a result of the great efforts made by Hamad Medical Corporation at the public level. To support the importance of blood donation for all members and groups of society. She said that the blood donation team is located in the City Center complex on the first floor in the Ramadan campaign pavilion between seven thirty in the evening until midnight, and the mobile blood donation unit is present in other locations in malls, commercial centers and markets in order to attract blood donors, and the main center also receives donations Blood donors will receive blood at its new location from 6:00 pm until midnight.