CSR plan in COVID – How can we support the shortfall of blood donations?

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COVID caused global alarm of blood supply shortfall as voluntary blood donations dropped and delayed. However, patients requiring blood transfusion due to emergency and chronic conditions cannot wait.

As part of AmCham's drive to improve, unite and connect the community, we hope to raise awareness on the urgency of optimizing blood supply in Hong Kong; to spark discourse and encourage our partners to include blood donation day into their CSR activity plan of their organization. We would also welcome ideas from audience for innovative ideas in driving blood donation in town.

It is our great honour to have invited Dr. CK Lee from Hong Kong Red Cross to share insights on the local situation of blood supply management and the process of arranging blood donation CSR activities. Dr. Edmond Ma & Angela Chung from Children's Thalassaemia Foundation will also share with us the needs from local patients' perspective. Maggie Lau, AmCham Future Leader 2022, will also share her story as a long term blood donor.

We have also reserved an AmCham dedicated session at Red Cross Blood Donation Centre at Wan Chai for our members to support blood donation.

Blood Donation Registration

Furthermore, we invite you to support the cause of the growing issue of blood supply by registering for blood donation at the Red Cross Wan Chai Donor Centre during (15:00 – 18:00) – register your spot here.

IMPORTANT : Revised Guest Policy Effective October 1st 2021

From October 1st, all guests who are over 16 years old will be required to complete the AmCham Health Declaration Form and show proof of vaccination (at least the first jab), for access to the event. The Chamber will be using the Hong Kong Government's scanner to verify the QR code on the guest's vaccine certificate (digital record retrieved from the"iAM Smart" app or the physical certificate).

If guests have medical exemptions AmCham will require proof via an official government form issued by the guest's doctor. In addition to the "medically not suitable for COVID-19 vaccination" exemption, AmCham will also require a negative COVID-19 PCR test, taken within 72 hours of the guest's visit.

Speakers

Dr. Edmond Ma

Chairman of Children’s Thalassaemia Foundation and Director of Clinical and Molecular Pathology at Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital

Dr. Cheuk-Kwong Lee

Chief Executive and Medical Director, Hong Kong of Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service

Angela Chung

Thalassemia Patient

Maggie Lau

AmCham Future Leader 2022

(Moderator) Tiffany Lam

Market Access and External Affairs Lead at Bristol Myers Squibb Pharma (HK) Ltd.

Dr. Ma obtained his MBBS degree from the University of Hong Kong in 1987 and Doctor of Medicine degree in 2004 through research on the genotype phenotype correlation of beta-thalassaemia in the Chinese. Dr. Ma is a specialist in Haematology and is currently the Director of Clinical and Molecular Pathology at Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital. He is Honorary Clinical Associate Professor at the Department of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong; and Clinical Associate Professor (Honorary) at the Department of Anatomical & Cellular Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. His clinical and research effort is focused on the application of cutting-edge laboratory diagnostics to achieve personalized patient care.

Dr. Ma is the Chairman of the Children’s Thalassaemia Foundation. He was past Vice-President and Chief Examiner in Haematology of the Hong Kong College of Pathologists. Dr. Ma is an International Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Pathology, a Founding Fellow of the Faculty of Science, The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia, and an Affiliate Member of both the College of American Pathologists and the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics. He serves as a Councilor of the International Society of Laboratory Haematology from 2014 to 2019.

Dr Lee is currently the Chief Executive and Medical Director of the Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service. He received his undergraduate and medical training at the University of Hong Kong and became specialist in Haematology and Haematological oncology at the Queen Mary Hospital, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. After 8 years of clinical work, he moved to Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service where he became the head of Blood Collection and Donor Recruitment Department. Apart from his role in securing safe and adequate blood supply to patients in Hong Kong, Dr Lee is also the head of Hong Kong Bone Marrow Donor Registry which provide unrelated haematopoietic stem cells to patients undergoing transplantation.

Dr Lee has developed interest at transfusion microbiology and donor health and medicine. He has made extensive contribution in understanding and implementing preventive measure in minimizing transfusion transmitted bacterial sepsis. Besides, as healthy and committed donors are success to the blood service, Dr Lee has been actively involved in studies to understand and minimize donation related vasovagal reaction and donors’ haemoglobin and iron.

Recently, he and his team are actively working to increase the awareness and knowledge of the territory on Blood Supply, Blood Transfusion and Patient Blood Management.

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CSR plan in COVID – How can we support the shortfall of blood donations?

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