{"id":164705,"date":"2025-11-19T12:59:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T09:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/164705\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"health-ministry-reports-record-blood-donations-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/164705\/","title":{"rendered":"Health ministry reports record blood donations in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>November 19, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>More than 102,000 people donated blood in Belarus last year, providing 270,000 liters of blood components, the Belarusian health ministry reported. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian clinics perform more than 1,500 blood transfusions each day for patients with multiple injuries, those undergoing chemotherapy or requiring complex cardiac surgeries and C-sections, said Fiodar Karpienka of the Center for Transfusiology and Medical Biotechnology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most donors in Belarus continue to give blood and blood components for remuneration. However, amendments that took effect in September 2022 aim for a transition to an unpaid donation system. The authorities also raised the maximum donor age from 60 to 65.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Two men injured in Bie\u0142aru\u015bkalij explosion transferred from intensive care to burn ward<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">November 18,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Doctors have transferred two men injured in a recent explosion at the Bie\u0142aru\u015bkalij potash giant from the intensive care unit to the burn ward, said the health ministry. One man remains in intensive care on a ventilator, while another &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/164633\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 19, Pozirk. More than 102,000 people donated blood in Belarus last year, providing 270,000 liters of blood components, the Belarusian health ministry reported. Belarusian clinics perform more than 1,500 blood transfusions each day for patients with multiple injuries, those undergoing chemotherapy or requiring complex cardiac surgeries and C-sections, said Fiodar Karpienka of the Center [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[13],"class_list":["post-164705","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Health ministry reports record blood donations in 2024 | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November 19, Pozirk. 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