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SIBUR’s employees donated their blood to help patients suffering from heart disease

3 november 2022

On November 1, SIBUR's Formula for Good Deeds social investment program sponsored its eighth Blood Donor Day at the company’s Corporate Center. In keeping with the tradition, the event was organized jointly with a visiting crew from the blood transfusion department of the Bakulev National Medical Research Center for Cardiovascular Surgery .

A total of 54 people took part in the campaign, including employees of the Corporate Center, SIBUR Digital, SIBUR Connect, Petrochemical Transportation Company, NIPIGAZ’s Engineering Center, Project Offices of Amursky GPP and Nizhnekamskneftekhim, as well as ordinary residents of Moscow.

Following a mandatory medical check-up, 47 of the participants donated their blood. In all, over 20 liters of blood were harvested. This blood will help treat about 14 patients, including children who need heart surgery.

This is my fifth time participating in this campaign. Excellent organization and great atmosphere, kudos to both the organizers and participants. When someone greets you with a smile and kind words, even on this "grim" cold day, you feel cheered up! I will look forward to subsequent campaigns! Ivan Krylovsky, SIBUR's chief expert, ecological manufacturing, and a participant in the blood donation initiative, shared.

This is my eighth donation. Previously, I had to go elsewhere, and it took more time. It is much more convenient to donate blood at these mobile stations! Many thanks to the company and all those involved it the event’s excellent organization! Yuliya Nazarova, an expert with Petrochemical Transportation Company LLC, and a participant of the donor event, recounted.

I used to donate my blood at the suggestion of my friends. Now you get the feeling that by doing this together with the team of organizers from The Formula for Good Deeds and doctors from the Blood Service you can really help a person in need, that you have done a noble thing. It elevates your spirits 1,000%. Thank you and see you at the next campaign! Denis Yastrebov, lead design engineer at NIPIGAZ, and a participant of the donor event, commented.

This was the first time the campaign was included in the list of participants of the Reach Out to Hearts. The Patrons Are Nearby donorship marathon held by the National Foundation for Healthcare Development. Thanks to this inclusion, the participants were able to receive materials with useful information about blood donorship and were presented with subjected-related souvenirs.

In the run-up to the Donors' Day, the team of the Formula for Good Deeds also launched a corporate fundraiser for the Gift of Life charity to buy the Jacavi drug for 14-year-old Alina who is battling acute lymphoblastic leukemia. We had early shared her story on our website. The efforts of SIBUR's employees, partners and friends have helped raise 273,514 rubles. This money will be used to buy the needed drug for the girl to last her another three months.

After our spring donation campaign was over and we started getting questions from our colleagues regarding when the next campaign would take place, it became clear that we were going to have a follow-up in the fall. My team and I would like to express our sincere gratitude to all blood donors and participants of our charity fundraisers for their generosity, support of our joint initiatives and for helping people suffering from grave diseases, Varvara Melekestseva, manager, SIBUR business support in the regions of presence, a curator of SIBUR’s volunteering program, noted.

The next Blood Donor Day at the Corporate Center will be held in the spring of 2023. However, one can donate blood and become a donor before that by presenting themselves at the blood transfusion department of the Bakulev National Research Center for Cardiovascular Surgery at 135 Rublevskoye Shosse. Alternatively, you can locate a similar center near your home or workplace on the website of the Blood Service.