ASK THAT MORE SANJUANINOS DONATE BLOOD SO NOT TO SUSPEND OPERATIONS

At this time, where activities are practically normal, there is a great concern at IPHEM because donors do not respond in the same way.

“We have more than 50 shifts a day to donate blood, they self-manage on the darturnos.com/iphem page and every day we have many free. We also started the predefined collection schedule with the hospitals, but many NGOs still cannot open their doors and cannot help us, ”said the director of IPHEM, Alfredo Laplagne.
The stock of blood in the province as of today is about 150 units of blood. “In recent days it has increased from 80 to this number, but we need 250 units for San Juan to be calm,” he added.
“This blood problem means that in various situations, in scheduled surgeries or procedures, shifts must be suspended for a few days to be sure of covering the emergency. These are situations that we do not want but with the support of the population it can easily be reversed ”.
“If 17 thousand San Juan people donated 1 time a year there would be no lack of blood, it is a very small number, understanding that we are 700 thousand.”
Regarding the donation of convalescent plasma, in the last few days, we only had one donor. We need people who had covid and spent 30 days after discharge and less than 3 months, to sign up to donate blood and at the time of doing so they indicate that they had covid so that we can study their plasma. In case of having many antibodies, it is likely that they will be summoned for a new plasma-only donation ”.
The requirements to donate are: be between 18 and 65 years old, if you have piercings or tattoos or surgeries you must wait 12 months after you did it and attend with your ID.
To donate blood they must make an appointment on the web www.darturnos.com/iphem. The IPHEM is located at Rivadavia 728 East Street, in Capital.

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