Blood donations will be received on the 2nd floor of the ‘Mini Convention Hall’ at Central Phuket Floresta from 11am - 4pm.
Phuket is currently in short supply of Rh negative blood stocks due to the increasing number of foreigners suffering injuries in road accidents, Phuket Immigration explained in its announcement.
Some of the foreigners required being admitted to hospitals due to the seriousness of their injuries, adding to the drain on Rh negative blood, the announcement noted.
At a previous mass donation blood drive held in March, Phuket RBC noted that Rh-negative blood is not common among Asians, but critically needed for providing help to foreigners, including those injured in road accidents.
Despite the ongoing efforts, Rh-Negative blood reserves in Thailand remain alarmingly low, as only 0.3% of the Thai population have this blood type, compared to around 15% of westerners, according to academics.
Blood donations in July
People can donate blood every day, including weekends and public holidays, at the Blood Bank on the 4th floor of Vachira Phuket Hospital and at the Phuket RBC in Phuket Town. For more details, click here.
In addition to this, Phuket RBC will set up around two dozens of mobile donation points at various locations island-wide in July. The schedule is as follows:
- July 1 – noon-6pm – Lotus’s Bypass Rd.,
- July 4 – 10am-15:00 – Cherng Talay OrBorTor,
- July 4 – noon-6pm – Lotus’s Bypass Rd.,
- July 6 – noon-6pm – Lotus’s Bypass Rd.,
- July 6 – noon-4pm – Makro Rawai,
- July 11 – 10am-15:00 – King Power Duty Free,
- July 11 – noon-6pm – Lotus’s Thalang,
- July 13 – noon-6pm – Lotus’s Bypass Rd.,
- July 13 – noon-6pm – Lotus’s Thalang,
- July 17 – noon-6pm – Lotus’s Bypass Rd.,
- July 17 – noon-6pm – Lotus’s Thalang,
- July 19 – noon-6pm – Lotus’s Bypass Rd.,
- July 19 – noon-6pm – Lotus’s Thalang,
- July 21 – noon-6pm – Lotus’s Bypass Rd.,
- July 21 – noon-6pm – Lotus’s Thalang,
- July 22 – 2pm-6pm – Lotus’s Bypass Rd.,
- July 25 – 9am-noon – Court of Appeal Region 8,
- July 25 – 2pm-6pm – Lotus’s Bypass Rd.,
- July 27 – noon-6pm – Lotus’s Thalang,
- July 27 – noon-6pm – Central Floresta,
- July 28 – 9am-3.30pm – Phuket Red Cross (King Rama Х Birthday Event),
- July 31 – 10am-4pm – Phuket International Airport, Office Building.