伦敦推出了一座新的移动献血中心，旨在满足镰状细胞病患者对黑人血统献血者的需求。
A new mobile blood donor centre has been launched in London in the hope of meeting the demand for donors with black heritage for sickle cell patients.
伦敦人布伦达·史密斯表示，她在30多年前、21岁时在伦敦桥附近办公室附近看到一辆所谓的“流动献血车”，便开始献血。
Londoner Brenda Smith said she began donating blood more than 30 years ago when, aged 21, she saw a so-called bloodmobile near her office in London Bridge.
“我当时想，‘为什么不呢？’我完全没想到，那个决定会让我坚持做这件事几十年。”英国国家医疗服务体系输血与移植局（NHSBT）献血者体验总监马克·钱伯斯表示，这辆流动献血车旨在让献血过程“尽可能简便”。
"I thought,'why not?' I had no idea that one decision would lead to something I would continue doing for decades." Mark Chambers, director of donor experience at NHS Blood and Transport (NHSBT), said the bloodmobile aimed to make the process "as easy as possible".
NHSBT称，流动献血车于周四在酋长球场正式启用，但此前已造访过伦敦部分地点。
The bloodmobile was officially launched on Thursday at the Emirates Stadium, but has already visited some London locations, NHSBT said.
NHSBT表示，在未来12个月里，它将走访格林尼治、布罗姆利、刘易舍姆、兰贝斯、里士满、旺兹沃思、豪斯洛、伊灵、温布利、哈罗、恩菲尔德、沃尔瑟姆斯托、哈克尼和巴金等地区。史密斯表示，她希望更多黑人社区民众利用这座移动中心献血。
Over 12 months, it will visit areas including Greenwich, Bromley, Lewisham, Lambeth, Richmond, Wandsworth, Hounslow, Ealing, Wembley, Harrow, Enfield, Walthamstow, Hackney and Barking. Smith said she hoped more people from black communities would donate using the mobile centre.
“过程快捷、简便，走时你就知道自己帮助了急需帮助的人。这种感觉太棒了，”她说。
"It's quick, it's easy, and you walk away knowing you've helped someone in desperate need. That's an incredible feeling," she said.
超过一半的黑人血统献血者拥有Ro血亚型，而镰状细胞病患者需要定期输血，就需要这种血型。
More than half of black heritage blood donors have the Ro blood sub-type, which is needed by people with sickle cell disease who require regular blood transfusions.
镰状细胞病是英国增长最快的遗传性血液疾病，有19000多人患病。据估计，其中超过一半的患者生活并接受治疗的地区在伦敦。
Sickle cell is the fastest growing inherited blood disorder in the UK, with more than 19,000 people living with the condition. It estimated that more than half of these patients will live and receive treatment within the London area.
该机构表示，目前仅能提供英格兰治疗镰状细胞病患者所需血液的一半，还需要1.6万名黑人血统献血者定期献血。
The organisation said it could only supply half of the blood needed to treat sickle cell patients in England and needed 16,000 more black heritage blood donors to donate regularly.
史密斯迄今已献血56次，她估计这可能帮助挽救或改善了多达168名患者的生命。“献血已成为我身份的一部分，”她说。
Smith has made 56 blood donations so far, and estimated that this could have helped save or improve the lives of up to 168 patients. "Donating blood has become part of who I am," she said.
东南伦敦人亨利是首位使用这辆新流动献血车的黑人血统Ro型献血者。他说，这是一种纪念已故兄弟的方式。
South-east Londoner Henry was the first black heritage Ro blood donor to use the new bloodmobile. He said it was a way of honouring his late brother.
“我失去兄弟伦纳德的亲身经历，他在病重需要输血后离世，让我深刻体会到，在家庭最艰难的时刻，捐献者可以有多么重要。”
"My own experience of losing my brother, Leonard, after he became seriously ill and needed blood, showed me just how important donors can be to families in their most difficult moments." , external