Taipei, Feb. 8 (CNA) The Taiwan Blood Services Foundation (TBSF) on Wednesday called on the public to donate blood as reserves around the country dropped to 3.4 days of supply on average, well below the official seven-day safe level.
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter, with CNABlood supplies are running critically low throughout the nation, with only an average of 3.2 days of stock available, especially type A blood, Taiwan Blood Services Foundation data showed yesterday.
Taipei, Oct. 24 (CNA) Close to 30 Filipino donors participated in a blood drive in New Taipei organized by the Philippine fraternal organization Tau Gamma Phi Sunday.
Taipei, Dec. 6 (CNA) Taipei Blood Center officially opened a blood donation facility in the busy underground East Metro Mall on the Taipei Metro blue line Monday in the hope of attracting more younger donors.
The Taipei Blood Center yesterday opened a blood donation station in the underground East Metro Mall near the Zhongxiao Dunhua MRT Station in the hope of attracting younger donors.
The new facility aims to collect more than 30,000 bags of blood a year, said executive officer Wei Sheng-tang (魏昇堂) of the Taiwan Blood Services Foundation, which runs five blood donation centers across Taiwan, including the Taipei facility.
During the inauguration ceremony, Taipei Deputy Mayor Huang Shan-shan (黃珊珊) said that while middle-aged people are the largest group of blood donors in the nation, she hopes that placing the new center in a popular