The 10,000th Good Samaritan is expected to give blood at the mobile donation unit today, which will be stationed in Żurrieq.

Since the unit was extensively refurnished and put back on the road in February 2009, it has been used 684 times or three to four times a week.

Up until yesterday, 9,996 donations were made in the unit, the Health Ministry said.

The mobile unit will be parked next to the Żurrieq parish church today and tomorrow.

Health Minister Joe Cassar thanked all the donors whom he described as heroes.

“It is thanks to these donors that we can continue to perform an ever-increasing list and number of operations” he said.

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