Mokpo Coast Guard Joins Blood Donation with 70 Participants This Year for 'Sharing Life'

'Blood Donation Advocate' Sergeant Jeong Seong-woo Donated 134 Times Over 32 Years

Mokpo Maritime Police Station (Chief Kwon Oh-seong) announced on the 5th that it successfully completed the last blood donation event of the year.

To overcome the ongoing blood supply shortage, Mokpo Maritime Police, which has continued blood donations every quarter, achieved a result of 70 participants donating blood throughout 2024.

An employee of the Mokpo Maritime Police Station is participating in blood donation. Photo by Mokpo Maritime Police Station

Sergeant Jeong Seong-woo of Mokpo Maritime Police has been setting an example by consistently donating blood once a month, a total of 12 times this year. Sergeant Jeong has donated blood 134 times over 32 years since 1993, receiving the Blood Donation Meritorious Service Gold Medal, and is active as a “blood donation evangelist” encouraging others to donate.

Mokpo Maritime Police Station plans to continue this valuable activity of saving lives through steady blood donation events in 2025 as well.

Chief Kwon Oh-seong said, “Blood donation is always a hope and an act of love needed by all of us,” adding, “I hope these precious efforts continue to protect more lives, and that small efforts together will create great changes.”

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