Video | Warning over Rising Elderly Population and Declining Blood Donation in the Country

Ahmad Gharehbaghian, CEO of the Iran Blood Transfusion Organization, speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the induction ceremony for the new Mazandaran Blood Transfusion Director-General in Sari on Tuesday, said the growing elderly population is a major challenge for the health system. As society ages, the number of blood donors falls while the need for blood products rises.

On Tuesday, on the sidelines of the induction ceremony of the new general manager of Mazandaran Blood Transfusion in Sari, Ahmad Qarabaghian, CEO of the Iran Blood Transfusion Organization, considered the increase in the elderly population as a big challenge for the health system and said that the society's movement toward old age while reducing the number of blood donors also increases the need for blood products.