VOLUNTARY BLOOD DONORS RECEIVE AWARDS

Voluntary blood donors’ and humanitarians’ Association of the Novi Sad City Administration, together with Novi Sad Red Cross and Vojvodina Institute for Blood Transfusion, organized a reception to honor and acknowledge the multiple blood donors. On behalf of the City of Novi Sad, the guests were addressed by the Head of the Novi Sad Healthcare Administration Ms. Mila Uverić Radović. 

- We are exceptionally proud of our City Administration employees who regularly and voluntarily answer the call to donate blood, thereby saving lives of the injured and sick. We should point out the significance of one even more important action that we organize in early July, since it is the period of vacations and holidays, when regular supplies at the Blood Transfusion Institute are decreased. – stated Ms. Uverić Radović and added that – apart from donating blood, members of the Association donate thrombocytes, many of them have signed their donor cards, and their humanity particularly came to the fore last year when they supplied humanitarian aid for the victims of the flooded areas.

Voluntary blood donors’ and humanitarians’ Association of the Novi Sad City Administration exists for eight years and has over 200 members. According to the Association President Ms. Minja Cvijanović, activities are organized every year March, July, and November, and men donate blood more frequently at the Blood Transfusion Institute. During the traditional reception at the City Hall, the awards we given to 32 members who donated blood for 5, 10, 20 or 35 times.

In Novi Sad, April 3rd 2015