Baoji, Shanxi Encourages Blood Donation by Basically Making it Mandatory

Baoji, Shanxi Encourages Blood Donation by Basically Making it Mandatory
Sep 25, 2014 By eChinacities.com

Residents of Baoji in Shanxi province do not have to donate blood, unless they want to apply for a driver’s license, a wedding certificate or be admitted to university.

This is part of the city’s new way to encourage blood donation from October 1. The public has reacted with discontent, even though the city government has announced that it is not mandatory to donate blood, unless you want to drive, get married or have an education.

Source: Sohu

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bill8899

Vampires in Shanxi?

Sep 30, 2014 11:53 Report Abuse

glydwelle

I donate blood in Iowa. Where I am from. I won't donate here, especially when the doctor even hates his job and just does it not to get fired. Who knows how close they actually test things. I actually had this conversation in an English salon and almost everyone(mostly Chinese) said they wouldn't do it because they feel its unsafe.

Sep 28, 2014 16:33 Report Abuse

bill8899

Makes sense.

Sep 27, 2014 18:31 Report Abuse

coineineagh

very unsubtle. some EU countries do a similar thing with organ donation, where it is assumed your corpse can be harvested unless you filled in a negative donor codicil. chinese people are greedy, selfish, and form traditional medicine cults around their bodily health. they'll happily RECEIVE an unnecessary saline water IV injection believing it to be healthy,but *giving* blood to benefit another's health at the expense of yours? does not compute. then again, hospitals might just be cheaping out by not offering sufficient compensation, and there may be some profit scheme involved, as mentioned.

Sep 27, 2014 08:39 Report Abuse

sorrel

I would not want to be on the receiving end of a blood transfusion from a forced donor. Once force enters into the donor equation, who knows WHERE it came from?

Sep 26, 2014 00:36 Report Abuse

DrMonkey

Nice, not having to be elected opens so much possibilities to build a very harmonious society...

Sep 25, 2014 20:34 Report Abuse

Robk

LoL... so basically if you don't give blood... you can CHOOSE to be uneducated, lonely and without transportation... (well at least a car)... Yeah, that sounds fair. Given Chinese hospitals, I wouldn't be so quick to give blood either.

Sep 25, 2014 20:16 Report Abuse