Split Hospital Receives 10,000th Blood Donation in Ten Years

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ZAGREB, December 29, 2018 – The Clinical Hospital Centre in the southern coastal city of Split on Friday received the ten thousandth blood donation in the last ten years. The donor at the Split hospital was Mario Roguljić (27), who has donated his blood for the sixth time.

Mayor Andro Krstulović Opara thanked all the donors for the noble deed of saving human lives, while the head of the municipal Red Cross, Tomislav Gojo, emphasised the importance of raising awareness among young people as potential new blood donors.

With 10,000 doses of blood donated in the last decade, residents of Split have saved or helped over 30,000 people, given that one dose can be used for three patients.

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