Head of the NKC Daumantas Gutauskas says the record figure is the result of hard work and willingness to help from all partners, blood donors and the centre itself.

"In 2024, we had a number of successful blood donation campaigns and diabetes prevention campaigns in dozens of cities and towns across the country together with our partners," Gutauskas said.

"We also distributed iron supplements to donors who were deficient in iron to improve blood quality, which encouraged them to come back to donate again. We introduced the latest equipment for X-ray irradiation of blood components, which sped up the process of supplying blood to patients," he added.

Last year, 41.2 thousand people gave blood while the number of donations was 76.9 thousand.

The year before saw a total number of blood donors at 40.1 thousand. The NKC recorded 72.3 thousand donations, with the total amount of blood collected at over 32.5 thousand litres.

Last year, 7.9 thousand people donated their blood for the first time. The number of first-time blood donors was slightly lower than that recorded in 2023 (8.4 thousand) but higher than in 2022 (7.8 thousand).

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