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Diseases found in five people during blood donation campaign on Ashura day

24 October 2015 08:08 (UTC +04:00)

As of 10:00 am, over 1,000 people voluntarily joined the blood donation action in the country, Zohra Alimirzayeva, the director of the Research Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion named after B. Eyvazov, told APA.

She added that those wishing to take part in the campaign are checked by doctors, and people over 60 years old are cannot join the action.

“Various diseases were found only five people during the medical examination. They were unable to donate blood. If a person has no health problems and is not suffering from any chronic diseases or diseases of the cardiovascular system, they can join the blood donation campaign. The blood that is taken from donors is sent to the Central Blood Bank for examination,” the institute director said.

According to the fatwa issued by the CMO Gazi Council, the Ashura rituals can be performed at mosques and in other places of worship as well as special places designated by concerned executive authorities, and that public safety rules must be observed. Marching in areas other than places of worship can only taken place after the permission of concerned state bodies. At gatherings of mourning, sermons honoring the martyrs of Karbala should be given and those martyred for our Motherland should be commemorated. Public order must be maintained during the mourning. Chest-beating and cutting the body with knives or chains are not of Shariah and are condemned. The mourners should not cause injury to themselves or others.