Donating blood is undoubtedly one of the most altruistic, supportive, generous and vital tasks that there can be. Today still, essential, in so many circumstances, for life to continue. In any case, it does not have, socially, not even close, the recognition that such a gesture of yes to life supposes and represents.
At noon yesterday in Barrena, the local delegation of Blood Donors proceeded to the traditional delivery of badges and diplomas to those people who accredit 25, 40 and 50 donations, which said like this, it seems that the thing is not going to more, but having Take into account that currently the scale establishes that men can give, a maximum of 4 times a year, and women 3, we are talking about a lifetime at the foot of the canyon.
If donating blood represents an anonymous act, yesterday’s meeting in Barrena was no more than discreet.
Paco Sáiz, president of the Ordizia delegation for almost 50 years, pointed out that if this act traditionally represented a party that is always accompanied by a very beautiful atmosphere and in which the attendees passed them to the movies, the pandemic, he wanted That last year the smallest commemorative meeting did not take place, this at least brought together the donors to recognize their work, to whom the entity gave the diploma and the medal and, in the absence of the meeting at the table, a gift.
Paco Sáiz thanked the ten long donors gathered there, on behalf of all those people who in some operation have needed the vital fluid, etc., for their selfless dedication. “It is curious, he pointed out, that there are still many people who consider that blood comes out of a tap. And as there is never a lack and there is always, the donation of blood is the great forgotten. From the position and responsibility that I occupy in the delegation, on behalf of the entity, our gratitude and congratulations, “he told them.
Perhaps one day science will arrive and achieve an artificial plasma, but what is clear, he explained, is that today the claim by hospital centers of this vital fluid does not stop growing, fundamentally due to the growing dynamics that accompany , in turn, to a longer life expectancy.
From that point of view, he encouraged them to continue in the effort. In the approach that concerns us, explained Paco Sáiz, getting new hires is not easy. Before, he explained, you were born in Ordizia, and you lived in the town until your retirement. Today the new generations are born here, study abroad and work in the world.
New times and seniority at the head of the local delegation that led him to claim the relief at the head of this responsibility. “When I assumed this role, which by the way, he said, is a bearable job, I was a kid, and I recruited family, friends and acquaintances. Currently, the average age of donors in the delegation is 50 years. I am convinced that someone young at the head of this essential work is going to achieve the necessary commitment of the new generations in this essential and altruistic donation, even if it is not still socially valued.
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