OREANDA-NEWS. October 31, 2011. The donor campaign in favor of children suffering from hereditary diseases has been organized today in the Bank Standard head office. Both Bank Standard chiefs represented by the Chief Executive Officer and his deputies and medium-level managers and support bank staff have taken part in the blood donation campaign been held in relaxed atmosphere. Employees of the bank’s Baku branches have arrived to donate blood too together with head office employees, reported the press-centre of Bank Standard.
 
Thalassemia is a hereditary blood disease and, unfortunately, is very much in evidence among the population of our country. Regular blood transfusions throughout a patient’s life are required for treatment of this disease.

Blood collected in the Bank Standard donor campaign will be delivered for treatment of children suffering from hemophilia and thalassemia. According to the bank’s press service, such activities will be held in the bank on a regular basis.

It should be emphasized also that recently the Bank Standard has delivered a batch of books printed under the banks’ sponsorship to children of the hostel №12, Khazar district, Baku.