The University Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment in Burgas is making an urgent appeal to citizens to donate blood for the victims of the serious accident with a bus near the border checkpoint "Malko Tarnovo". Among the injured are Ukrainian citizens, transported urgently to the medical facility and in need of blood transfusions.
Some of the victims were taken to Malko Tarnovo, and the most seriously injured – to UMBAL – Burgas. According to doctors, some of them need blood donation for subsequent operations and stabilization of their condition. Against this background, the hospital and the relatives of the victims are calling on the residents of Burgas and the region to respond and donate blood.
Representatives of the Ukrainian community in Burgas are also joining the appeal, reminding that among the victims there are women and elderly people who went on a short trip to Turkey. For them and for the medical teams, every blood donation is not just a gesture of empathy, but specific, measurable help.
Where and how you can donate blood
Every adult and healthy person who has no contraindications for blood donation can help by donating blood for the victims in UMBAL – Burgas. The procedure is safe, controlled and takes relatively little time, and the body restores the donated volume of blood within days.
For more information and coordination, citizens can contact the contact person:
- "Hospital": UMBAL, Burgas
- "Contact person": Zhelyazko
- "Phone": +359 888 449 643
For the victims and their families, every gesture matters. For the doctors on the front line, every unit of donated blood is another opportunity to save a patient. And for the city – this is a chance to show that behind the statistics of "dead and injured" are real human lives, for which it is worth spending an hour of our time.
Anyone who has the opportunity to donate blood is invited to do so. In such situations, it is the small individual decisions that turn into a great common effort, which can tip the scales in favor of life.