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Published on November 3, 2007

Medical students are being asked to donate blood, and a campaign seeking more blood-donors is under way to meet the minimum daily requirement of 200 bags, up from the current 50 bags, said Dr Chairat Khunawikitkul, deputy Faculty of Medicine dean.

The Chiang Mai-based Red Cross can now give only a quarter of the blood reserves it has to Maharaj Nakhon Chiang Mai Hospital as the remainder is needed by other hospitals in the North.

Maharaj Nakhon Chiang Mai Hospital has 1,450 beds and treats around 30,000 patients from all 17 northern provinces every month.

The Nation