Next Wednesday, June 29, starting at 8:00 a.m., you can go to the “Doctor Felipe A. Peláez” Municipal Hospital, in Florentino Ameghino, to donate blood, in a day organized on the occasion of Blood Donor Day.
Donors can have breakfast beforehand as they usually do.
June 14 was World Blood Donor Day. For this day, the World Health Organization calls on people around the world to donate blood as a show of solidarity.
The safety of blood, blood products, and transfusions are fundamental to health care and public health. It is necessary to treat people suffering from various diseases or who have been injured as a result of accidents, natural disasters or armed conflicts. Although blood is needed all over the world, in many places there is little access to it, especially in low- and middle-income countries, where this shortage particularly affects women and children, who are often the most in need.
Giving blood on a regular and voluntary basis is a simple and altruistic gesture that we can all do to strengthen our society, help maintain local health systems and save lives.
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