Episode 20: Promoting Blood Donations in Lebanon : The Role of Donner Sang Compter with Yorgui Teyrouz

Please listen to our newest episode of the podcast with Yorgui Teyrouz and MohammadAli Jardali discussing the blood donation process in Lebanon. Historically, donating blood in Lebanon has been an individualized and de-centralized process with the families of patients scrambling to find blood units for their loved ones. Yorgui is a pharmacist who has managed to establish the NGO Donner Sang Compter (to give without asking for anything in return) promoting voluntary blood donations in all areas of Lebanon. His NGO has had great success with more than one thousand blood blood drives across the country, more than 70000 blood units donated, and 23000 donors registered. His organization has managed to take the role similar to a central blood bank in any other country or US state with limited resources and in the absence of any Lebanese government assistance. In the podcast, we also delve into how the blood drives can enhance the sense of community in the population and promote co-existence among the various Lebanese communities. Donner Sang Compter should be an example to follow. You can help by being a blood donor in Lebanon, you can help from outside by contacting the organization, you can donate on their website. The website is: https://dsclebanon.org You can listen to the video version on: Youtube: https://youtu.be/RV5hOgh7pHY You can also listen on Apple podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Google play: The Lebanese Physicians' Podcast