BEIRUT — In an upscale area of downtown Beirut at the luxury Le Gray Hotel, staff and members of the public lay on folding beds in a conference room, giving blood at a drive organized by Donner Sang Compter (DSC), a Lebanese nongovernmental organization (NGO).
The organization, founded in 2006, plays a unique role in Lebanon’s blood donation system organizing blood drives, creating a database of donors and engaging with the many actors in the country’s health-care system.