The Covid pandemic has not reduced the need for blood. And today, stocks are at their lowest, a few weeks before summer, a period still quite tense …
Blood stocks are at their lowest, alert the French Blood Establishment (EFS), there is even an emergency. “Absolutely”, confirms Doctor Marie-José Pommier, director of EFS 65, “traditionally, every year at this period, with the bridges of the month of May, there is always a small decrease, but there, it is is critical: our “normal” stock is 100,000 bags, we are only at 85,000. ” Should we see an effect of deconfinement? “It is possible, during the confinement, we had a slight increase in donations, perhaps because coming here, to the transfusion center, it made it possible to escape from home … Now, that freedom is found , people probably have other priorities… “
The urgency is there
But at the same time, containment has reduced the scope of traveling collections a bit. “Yes, with teleworking in many companies, we had fewer donors, and it’s the same in high schools and universities, the rule of distance meant that we collected less than usual. , “recruited” fewer new donors. ” Because the important thing is not only to make a massive collection, it must above all be regular. “Blood can only be kept for 42 days, blood platelets for a week. Our stock must be constantly renewed. And there, it becomes critical…”
So, do not hesitate to go to the transfusion center, on the hospital site, (Monday from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Tuesday from 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Thursday from 9 a.m. 45 to 1:30 p.m. and 2:45 to 6:30 p.m., Friday 8:45 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. or the first Saturday of each month, 8:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.). With or without an appointment…
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