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“I will donate blood as long as I am healthy, that's a citizen's responsibility,”said Peter Weber, Swiss by birth and general manager of Four Seasons Shanghai, 1 donating blood in a blood collection bus on Friday morning．
Despite the heat wave 2 the city, nearly 40 employees of the local leading hotel donated this precious gift, 400ml of blood each, to 3 in need of transfusion．
4 last week, the city's blood centers have been thirsty for healthy blood because the need for blood 5 in summer when traffic and burn accidents are more 6 ．But the number of donors decreases significantly(明显减少) 7 the hot weather．During the first half of the year, blood donation increased 8 about 5.5 per cent but the clinical(医学的) use of blood jumped by 11.2 per cent．
“Right after we heard that the blood centre was short of healthy blood last week, we sent 9 to our employees calling them to donate,”said Stanley Ng, the hotel's human resources director．
“Our staff(工作人员) feel 10 to help the hotel make a contribution to public welfare events．”
Meanwhile, the hotel also 11 leaflets(传单) to 50 nearby office buildings informing and encouraging their employees 12 the Friday donation effort．
“I hope my blood will help 13 in need, especially the patients with financial difficulty,”said one donor．
“Donating blood is good for others and also good for oneself and family．One day, if I or my family members need to use blood, we 14 receive such help from others．”
According to the China Blood Donation Law, blood donors can use blood up to 15 they have donated within five years free of charge．Their family members can also use the same amount of donated blood, also free of charge．
In addition, public education on the 16 of blood donation should be improved and more convenient procedures adapted．
“The arrival of the blood collection bus at our hotel makes giving blood 17 more convenient．Otherwise, it's quite complicated(复杂), with the need to make a trip to a hospital(blood collection centre),”Weber 18 ．
All local residents who are 19 to donate their blood, are invited to contact the city's Blood Centre via two blood donation 20 ：6219-1114, 6275-8257．
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