50 Blood Bags in One Day — Bahria Town Donation Camp

In November 2021, WMD organized a Blood Donation Camp at Bahria Town Phase 7, Rawalpindi — a community-driven initiative to address the critical shortage of safe blood in local hospitals and blood banks.

The Need

Pakistan faces a chronic blood shortage, with hospitals often unable to meet emergency transfusion demands. Accident victims, surgical patients, and those with conditions like thalassemia frequently face life-threatening delays. WMD’s Blood Support Program was created to bridge this gap through organized voluntary donation.

The Camp

Working in collaboration with P First Solutions Blood Bank, WMD set up a full donation camp with proper medical screening, trained phlebotomists, and post-donation care. Volunteers conducted awareness sessions on the importance of regular blood donation and the safety of the process.

The Impact

Over 50 blood bags were collected in a single day — enough to potentially save more than 150 lives. Each unit was properly screened, tested, and stored in medically approved conditions for future emergency use. Donors were educated about the benefits of quarterly donation and many signed up as repeat donors in WMD’s volunteer registry.

The camp also helped identify and register donors with rare and negative blood types — a critical resource that WMD maintains for emergency situations when hospital blood banks cannot fulfill specific requirements.