Albanian Armed Forces servicemen donate blood

Published: Monday, 27 January 2020 12:28

As any beginning of the year, this one too, the military and civilian personnel of AAF joined the campaign to voluntarily donate blood in coordination and cooperation with the National Blood Transfusion Center.

This forenoon, in the premises of the Ministry of Defense Auditorium it was organized the opening ceremony, which was attended by the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Brigadier General Manushaqe Shehu, Armed Forces Commanders, GS Directors, the Director of the National Blood Transfusion Center Kristo Raca, Deputy Director of this center Irena Seferi, as well as volunteers donors from the Armed Forces structures.

The Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Brigadier General Shehu, in her speech expressed her special pleasure to convey the greetings on behalf of the Defense Minister and of the Chief of General Staff to all members of the Armed Forces who joined this important blood donation event.

The Deputy Director of the National Blood Transfusion Center Mrs. Seferi in her speech praised the AAF contribution in providing a valuable and consistent support through voluntary blood donation through years. Mrs. Seferi thanked the attendees emphasizing that today the Armed Forces personnel is contributing to a national good, contributing to having sufficient and safe blood supply for people in need, mainly thalassemic children.

The blood donation was made under the supervision and care of the health personnel of the National Blood Transfusion Center, as well as the medical personnel of the General Staff Support Battalion. Today the number of donors was relatively high, a process that will continue in the coming days in other structures of the Armed Forces.