The National Blood Transfusion Center, the Ministry of Health, and components of civil society supporting blood donation celebrated the National Blood Donation Day by honoring a group of donors at a ceremony held in the City of Culture in the capital.

Tunisia needs 750 blood donors daily and 270,000 donors annually to cover its needs of blood required during surgeries and medication and to save patients and those injured in accidents, especially with the high rate of medication and demand for treatment among Tunisians, Slama Hmida, Director of the National Center for Blood Transfusion, said on the occasion.