World Blood Donor Day in the Czech Republic

As in previous years, transfusion services and transfusion departments of hospitals in the Czech Republic celebrated World Blood Donor Day in the week of 14 June 2014 through several promotional events organized around the country.

Czech Radio also participated with a campaign called: "Donate blood with the Czech Radio". This campaign ran for one month - from June 16 to July 17 and featured well-known Czech Radio personalities Robert Mikol (foreign correspondent), Tomáš Kohout (sports editor) and Tereza Stýblová moderator). They shared their personal stories, including reasons for donating blood, to alleviate listeners’ concerns about giving blood and demonstrate the importance of blood donation for each individual.  

Open Days

Several hospitals in the country organized Open Days. For example, almost 40 volunteers came to donate blood on the Open Day in TGM Hodonín Hospital, where they could explore areas of the workplace and become familiar with the procedures for processing, storage and dispatching of blood. Among the volunteers were representatives of the Regional Association of the Czech Red Cross in Hodonín, employees of health insurance companies and also representatives of the municipality of the city Hodonín.