According to Bisha Health Affairs General Directorate, the laboratories and blood banks of MOH’s hospitals received over the past year 3,737 donors for all types of blood, in addition to 14 external campaigns of blood donation organized in collaboration with some public authorities, including: Police, Traffic, College of Medicine, College of Technology and Education Department.
It is worth mentioning that blood donation is a medical procedure that involves blood transfusion from a healthy person to a sick one. As per the Royal Decree of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, blood donors who donate blood for ten times are granted the Order of Merit (Third Class).