Phuket RBC will set up 20 mobile blood donation points at various locations island-wide in September. The schedule is as follows:
- Sept 2 – 2pm-6pm – Lotus’s Bypass Rd,
- Sept 4 – noon-6pm – Central Floresta, 2nd floor,
- Sept 4 – 1pm-4pm – Katathani Resort, Kata,
- Sept 6 – noon-4pm – HomePro Village, Chalong,
- Sept 6 – 1pm-4pm – Novotel Phuket, Kamala,
- Sept 9 – 9am-3pm – Phuket Rajabhat University,
- Sept 12 – 9.30am-2pm – British International School Phuket,
- Sept 12 – 1pm-4pm – JW Marriott Resort and Spa, Mai Khao,
- Sept 14 – 9am-3pm – Paradise Group, Surin,
- Sept 19 – 9am-2pm – Bank of Ayudhaya, Phuket Town,
- Sept 19 – noon-6pm – UWCT International School,
- Sept 21 – 10am-3pm – SAii Laguna Phuket,
- Sept 21 – 1pm-5pm – Bangkok Hospital Phuket,
- Sept 23 – 2pm-6pm – Lotus’s Bypass Rd,
- Sept 26 – 2pm-6pm – Robinson Lifestyle Thalang,
- Sept 26 – 1pm-4pm – Bangkok Hospital Siriroj,
- Sept 28 – noon-6pm – Central Floresta, Parking G Level,
- Sept 28 – 1pm-4pm – Blue Tree Phuket,
- Sept 29 – 9am-3pm – Rawai Park,
- Sept 29 – 1pm-4pm – Diamond Cliff Patong.
Vachira Phuket Hospital will organise 16 more locations as part of their own blood donation drive:
- Sept 4 – 10am-3pm – Splash Beach Resort, Mai Khao,
- Sept 5 – 10am-3pm – Kajonkietsuksa School,
- Sept 6 – 10am-3pm – Patong PEA,
- Sept 7 – 9am-2pm – Phuket Technical College,
- Sept 8 – 10am-3pm – Phuket City Municipality,
- Sept 11 – 1pm-4pm – Plookpanya Municipal School,
- Sept 12 – 10am-3pm – Kathu District Office,
- Sept 13 – 10am-3pm – Karon Municipality,
- Sept 14 – 10am-3pm – Cherng Talay Municipality,
- Sept 18 – 10am-3pm – Holiday Inn Patong,
- Sept 19 – 10am-3pm – Phuket Technological College,
- Sept 20 – 10am-3pm – Chalong Municipality,
- Sept 21 – 10am-3pm – Marriott Merlin Beach,
- Sept 22 – 10am-3pm – The Senses Resort,
- Sept 27 – 10am-3pm – Thalang PEA,
- Sept 28 – 10am-3pm – Phuket PEA.
All donors were welcome but special focus is given to Rh negative blood. Phuket is constantly in short supply of Rh-negative blood stocks as it is not common among Asians but critically needed for providing help to foreigners.
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.