Appeal in Malaga to donate blood after a drop in reserves | leisure and culture

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To maintain activity in hospital centers without problems, “Malaga needs a daily average of 200 to 250 donations, to attend to both urgent cases, such as traffic accidents, as well as day-to-day activities, which include, for example, operations “explains in an interview granted to SER Málaga, Gracia María García, care director in functions of the provincial center for transfusions and donations.

“It is the minimum amount to be able to have a guaranteed use of all health services, and after closing a historic year, 2021, with 48,175 donations, we have seen a decrease of 6% in the first quarter of 2022, compared to the same period of the previous exercise”

World Blood Donor Day

“To which it adds, that like every summer, donations will decrease, hence we make an extraordinary appeal for next week, coinciding with World Donor Day”

The center will remain open “uninterruptedly from 09:00 to 21:00 next Tuesday, June 14, and Wednesday, June 15, with the aim of exceeding 700 donations in those two days”

The requirements to be able to donate blood are: be between 18 and 65 years old and weigh 50 kilograms or more; not suffer from chronic diseases or have an acute infection; not have anemia; and not carry out risky practices that facilitate the spread of diseases, such as hepatitis, syphilis or AIDS.

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