FIFA World Cup volunteers answer call for blood donation

Blood donation by FIFA Volunteers

* Hamad Medical Corporation leads blood supply campaign

It is little wonder volunteers are known as the heart of the event. Recently, a blood donation call went out from Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) — Qatar’s main provider of specialist healthcare services. Volunteers arriving for their final training sessions ahead of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 were greeted by one of HMC’s Mobile Blood Donation Units just outside the Doha Exhibition Centre (DEC) and soon began lining up by the dozen to answer the call and donate blood for this worthy cause.

Medical screening staff inside the Volunteer Centre gathered personal information and provided health assessments while a fully-staffed team of HMC nurses and aides welcomed donors inside the mobile facility for the brief 10-minute procedure.

Chairperson of HMC’s Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Dr. Einas Al Kuwari, praised the volunteers with several first-time donors coming forward. She said: “Besides boosting Qatar’s blood supply, this also provides a welcome opportunity to engage with the volunteers and spread awareness of the importance of donating blood among their diverse communities, letting people see how safe and easy the process is, and promoting the overall spirit of humanitarianism.”