Blood shortage prompts drive for donations
By Xinhua in Nanning | China Daily | Updated: 2012-08-27 08:06
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People donating blood at a hospital in Yixing city, Jiangsu province. Only 87 out of every 10,000 people on the Chinese mainland donate blood, far less than the average of 454 for every 10,000 people in developed countries and the World Health Organization-recommended figure of 100 for every 10,000, according to data from the Ministry of Health. Min Xueping / For China Daily |
It never occurred to Huang Haili that she would need to give blood before her aunt, who needs a blood transfusion during surgery, can be operated on.
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