FLASH INFO — « Blood reserves are too low », Warns the French Blood Establishment. After a significant drop with the May bank holidays, the EFS has observed a new drop in attendance at its blood drives with the deconfinement.
« This decrease is -10% in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. With less than 85,000 bags, blood reserves are now too low and the situation is very fragile, in particular for blood groups O and B “, Wrote the EFS in a press release. Who calls everyone to make a gesture, by going to the Donation house of Grenoble on the site of the North hospital, avenue du Maquis-du-Grésivaudan in La Tronche.
The EFS calls for donating blood before the summer vacation, a sensitive period, when the reserves are considered too low. DR
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For the third consecutive year, the EFS is also renewing the operation ” #Take over, a month for all to give », From June 9 to July 9, 2021. Objective? ” Set up a large chain of collective solidarity which will thus be formed thanks to this handover to help patients who need blood transfusions “. A collection is thus organized on June 11 and 12 at Grenoble City Garden, from 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. (by appointment).
« All citizens are invited to become ambassadors for blood donation to those around them “, Insists the EFS again. Not without remembering that the blood donation is particularly useful before the summer period, generally sensitive because of the departures on vacation. People who wish to make an appointment for a blood donation can go to on the dedicated site, where all the necessary information is provided.