Burgas University Hospital is asking for blood donors after a serious pile-up on the Trakia motorway today.

The injured are in different medical facilities, which have already asked for blood and blood products. All blood types are needed, and anyone can come.

The blood will go to the injured, and some will restock supplies for other emergencies. The hospital said blood has no substitute, and that after a serious accident, getting enough of it fast can decide whether someone survives.

Healthy people aged 18 to 65 who weigh over 50 kg can give blood. A medical specialist decides whether a person can donate. Donors should be rested and have eaten breakfast.

On 4 November, more than 30 people gave blood in the "Tsarevo Gives Life" drive at the medical centre in Tsarevo. The organisers included the transfusion haematology department of Burgas University Hospital.

Blood is given at the transfusion haematology department. The donation unit is behind Diagnostic and Consultation Centre I, in the yellow building of the former First Polyclinic. It is open every weekday from 7.30am to 2pm. Donors must bring an ID document.