US builds blood centre for southern provinces
The US Embassy to Laos has built a blood centre in Champassak province as one of several major infrastructure assistance projects completed last year, at a total cost of over US$850,000. The new blood centre will provide emergency blood services to people in the southern provinces. The embassy’s projects are carried out in coordination with the US Pacific Command (USPACOM) and have provided humanitarian assistance through infrastructure projects in rural areas of Laos for over 15 years. These projects include primary schools, medical clinics, irrigation systems and clean water supply systems, according to the US Embassy in Vientiane. US Ambassador to Laos Ms Rena Bitter on Thursday handed over the newly completed blood centre, built as part of the humanitarian assistance project, to Deputy Governor of Champassak province Mr Somsanith Boudtivong.
