The Health Bureau (SSM) announced in a statement yesterday that its mobile blood donation vehicle, which normally provides services every Tuesday, will not operating today and Tuesday next week, due to repairs.
According to the website of the bureau’s Blood Transfusion Centre, the vehicle, which provides services between 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. every Tuesday, is parked at different locations in different weeks. On the first Tuesday of every month, it provides services outside Luso International Bank Building and the Macau Square commercial building on Rua do Dr Pedro José Lobo in Nam Van, while on the second Tuesday it is parked outside Flower City Garden in Taipa.
On the third Tuesday, the vehicle provides services outside Fai Chi Kei Health Centre, while on the fourth Tuesday it is parked outside the Government Service Centre in Areia Preta, according to the website.
The website points out that the mobile blood donation vehicle does not operate on a Tuesday if it is a public holiday.
The Health Bureau’s Blood Transfusion Centre is located on the second floor of Hotline Centre in Nape. The blood donation centre operates one blood donation vehicle.
Yesterday’s statement said that because of the need to repair the mobile blood donation vehicle, its scheduled service outside Luso International Bank Building and Macau Square today will be suspended, while its scheduled service outside Flower City Garden on Tuesday next week will also be suspended.
The statement said that blood donors intending to use the vehicle’s services on the two suspended days can instead visit the Blood Transfusion Centre.
This undated file photo taken from the Macau Blood Transfusion Centre’s website yesterday shows its mobile blood donation vehicle.
