Ammon News - Central Electricity Generating Company (CEGCO) announced that it has organized three blood donation campaigns over the course of 2013 as part of its corporate social responsibility efforts. The campaigns were organized in cooperation with the National Blood Bank, CEGCO’s PR and Media Department, and its power plants’ management teams. All blood donations were supervised by a specialized medical team from the National Blood Bank and the medical team at the Company.

The first campaign took place at the Aqaba Thermal Power Station on 2nd July, 2013, with over 60 of the Station’s employees donating blood. Another 60 employees at Al Hussein Thermal Power Station donated blood on 23rd September, 2013, whilst the third and last blood donation campaign took place on 25th September, 2013, at the Company’s headquarters with 24 employees participating.

CEGCO began implementing blood donation campaigns at the Company in 1999, and continued to conduct three campaigns every year to support the National Blood Bank’s efforts to serve patients and provide them with the best medical care. Through these efforts, the Company also supports the provision of emergency blood units to its employees. To date, 12 CEGCO employees have been able to use this emergency service.