The 2016 University Drop of Blood welcomed 400 donors

The seventh University Drop of Blood, which is traditionally organized by Comenius University in Bratislava (Slovakia’s largest tertiary institution) in partnership with the National Transfusion Service of the Slovak Republic, welcomed 398 students, staff, and friends.


16. 11. 2016 15.13 hod.
By: CU Public Relations Office

The seventh year of this event of goodwill took place from 7 to 10 November and from 14 to 16 November 2016 in six places (the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, the Faculty of Management, the Faculty of Natural Sciences, and the Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin).

The Faculty of Natural Sciences, where a mobile blood donation station was in place over three days, received a total of 146 donors. The Faculty of Physical Education and Sport welcomed 65 donors, the Faculty of Law had 63 donors, the Faculty of Management had 50 donors, the Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin had 45 donors (students), and the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences welcomed 29 donors of the most precious of liquids.

Nearly one quarter of the donors were students in their first year of studies. Since it began in 2010, the University Drop of Blood has welcomed more than 2700 donors, most of whom have been students at Comenius University. “Many donors who gave for the first time at the University Drop of Blood have become regular donors, which brings us great joy. We are glad that every year more and more people are joining in this initiative. This helps us fulfil the goal of this event, which is to create the habit among donors of giving blood regularly. In this case, this really is the best possible ‘force of habit’,” said Comenius University Rector, Professor Karol Mičieta.

The partners of the seventh annual University Drop of Blood were Nestlé, FAnn-parfumérie, dm drogerie markt, RAJO, DRU, Dr. Oetker, Intersnack, RAUCH, Hamé, Všeobecná zdravotná poisťovňa, Mitická, and Dopravný podnik Bratislava.

More photographs can be found on Comenius University’s Facebook page.