colleagues,
After the cyclone on Saturday most of the hospital-based blood banklaboratories in the area of Yangon are closed due to lack of electricityand water.The National Blood Center -NBC- is currently fully operational andtherefore is the only blood bank supplying on safe blood and bloodproducts for all the needs for emergencies in Yangon area.The NBC is welcoming everyone to donate blood and in particular blooddonors having blood type group O Rhesus negative, group A and bloodgroup B to come to the NBC situated in the compound of the YangonGeneral Hospital to donate blood.The NBC has all what is needed to perform blood collection with singleuse disposable equipment and for appropriate blood storage.
Please circulate this message to your friends and colleagues so we helpthe NBC to continue to respond to the needs on safe blood in Yangon.
Thank you
Oscar M BarrenecheMedical Officer (HIV/AIDS)World Health Organization,
Yangon, Myanmar
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