Blood donation camp launches at Sun Siyam Irufushi

A blood donation camp began at the Sun Siyam Irufushi on Friday evening, as part of a blood donation drive launched by the Sun Siyam Resorts to celebrate its 33rd anniversary.

The camp was launched by the resort’s Director of Operation Dorothy Bahati at 2:00pm this afternoon.

Over 90 staff working in the resort have signed up to donate blood.

Sun Siyam Head Office’s Agriculture Department’s Manager Azza Hameed underscored cooperation from all staff for the blood donation camp that will continue throughout today.

Similar camps were previously held in Sun Siyam Head Office in Male’ City, Sun Siyam Olhuveli and Siyam World.

Azza said over 500 people are expected to have donated blood by the end of the blood donation drive. The camps are carried out at each resort with the assistance of a visiting team from Maldives Blood Services, including a doctor.

Sun Siyam Group’s assistant general manager Hassan Adil told Sun that they launched its first blood drive back in 2015. Adil said the camp has expanded since then.

Adil, underscoring Sun Siyam Group to be amongst the best in the Maldives, said they strive for the best in all their endeavors.

“Blood donation is a national endeavor. Donating blood to fellow citizens is something we must do. If we take the initiative and donate blood as a group, then we can donate a lot of blood fast,” he said.

Sun Siyam Group’s employees also donated gifts for thalassemia patients to the Maldives Blood Service on Monday to mark World Thalassemia Day.

Sun Siyam Resorts’ blood donation drive will continue until June 9^th. The camps will be held in different resorts on different days.

Maldives has 940 registered thalassemia patients. 320 of them get their transfusions from Male’.