New Blood Donation Centre enhances healthcare with advanced facilities

Doha, Qatar: The newly established Qatar National Blood Donation Centre (QNBDC) stands out for its capacity to accommodate hundreds of donors at once...

Doha, Qatar: The newly established Qatar National Blood Donation Centre (QNBDC) stands out for its capacity to accommodate hundreds of donors at once and streamline blood collection efforts through advanced facilities.

This centre not only facilitates large-scale donation campaigns but also prioritises donor comfort with dedicated prayer areas, interview rooms, and post-donation resting areas, setting a new standard in accessible and efficient blood donation services, according to a senior official.

“The QNBDC has been highly beneficial due to its capacity to accommodate up to 300 donors simultaneously and collect blood from up to 38 donors at once, in addition to this a dedicated apheresis collection room with 12 beds has been set up,” Dr. Einas Al Kuwari, Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (DLMP), told The Peninsula.

In donor apheresis, a healthy individual donates blood through an apheresis machine. This specialised device is set to gather specific blood components such as red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, or plasma.

Services offered by the QNBDC include donor recruitment, donor registration, whole blood collection, platelet apheresis collection and post-donation support and care.