18 April, 2017
General Consulate of the UAE in Barcelona and Hospital Clinic carry out a joint initiative to donate blood in the Blood & Tissue Bank
It is a pleasure to inform that the General Consulate of the UAE in Barcelona and Hospital Clinic, have carried out a joint initiative to donate blood in the Blood & Tissue Bank located at Hospital Clínic.
The UAE General Consulate, led by the Honorable General Consulate, Mr. Salem R. Alowais and the Medical Office of the UAE Military Attache, led by Major Khaled Al-Ahmed, were welcomed by Dr. Campistol (Hospital Clinic Director), Dra. Cabrer (barnaclínic+ Director), Dr. Puig, (Bank of blood Healthcare Director) and Dr. Pujante (International Relationship and Cooperation of the Government of Catalonia).
They and all their staff members participated actively in this initiative, donating blood themselves.
This is the first initiative of blood donation, carried out by a Consulate of the UAE in the world. Hospital Cínic is extremely proud and honored to have had the chance to collaborate in a pioneering initiative for the hospital and for the city of Barcelona, altogether within the celebration of the “2017 Giving Year”, an initiative of the President of the UAE, His Highness Jallifa bin Zayed Al Nahayan.
We would like to thank the government of the UAE for choosing Hospital Clinic to participate in this initiative and Hospital Clinic is proud to be considered a health care partner for the citizens of the UAE.