For this day of August 1st, the French Blood Establishment was expecting around eighty donors. The reality was sixty-eight donations that day, and yet the conditions were good with this drop in temperature which allowed us to return to a beautiful summer day. How can we convince people to make this gesture? Should we wait until we or our loved ones are confronted with this need to say to ourselves “Ah if only I had known”. Because for certain medical situations, the only solution to keep someone alive is the transfer of blood. A ratio to remember well is the following: one bag of blood collected can treat three patients.
So, for this day, with the sixty-eight samples, two hundred and four patients were treated. The organizers thank the people who came and gave their time for this gesture. However, what we must all also remember is that the blood transfusion model in France is a unique model that the world envies us. But this model is based on the free donation and therefore on the involvement, the altruism of the people able to make this type of donation, which is why it is essential that each of us contribute to it as much as possible. In France, in fact, the EFS, the only player in blood transfusion in France, is regularly called upon by the international community for its medical-technical skills. We must mobilize to defend our model.
Especially since there are many ideas to promote this donation. Indeed, for the next blood drive in our area, there will be a partnership with the Trois Soleils restaurant which will prepare the donors’ snack. So come in large numbers, on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, to the Saint-Céré multipurpose room.
