The Civil Guard in Cantabria has drawn up a protocol that establishes the basic principles of collaboration between the Marqués de Valdecilla Foundation and the Association of the Brotherhood of Blood Donors of Cantabria in the area of blood donation.
The Cantabria Civil Guard Zone may carry out actions to disseminate and promote blood donation with the initiatives, procedures and means at its disposal, promoting the participation of its staff and providing the appropriate space in its facilities to facilitate the mobile extraction unit of the Cantabria Blood and Tissue Bank to access the facilities of the Cantabria Civil Guard, to carry out blood collections for Civil Guard personnel, residents therein and anyone else who voluntarily wish to participate in the solidarity activity, which involves donating blood.
Present at the signing, which took place at the Government Delegation, were the Government delegate in Cantabria, Eugenia Gómez de Diego, the Minister of Health, César Pascual, the colonel of the Civil Guard of Cantabria, Antonio Orantos, the Manager of the Marqués de Valdecilla Foundation, José Francisco Díaz and the president of the Association-Brotherhood of Blood Donors of Cantabria, Gervasio García.
The Government delegate in Cantabria, Eugenia Gómez de Diego, wanted to highlight that “the very definition of the spirit of benevolence is that of a benefactor, that of doing good to others. The Civil Guard has been participating in blood donation activities and with this collaboration they continue to show their commitment to society and honour their code of conduct which emphasises providing assistance with the means at their disposal to anyone who needs it.”
Donating blood saves lives
“The altruistic act of donating blood saves lives,” Gómez de Diego stressed.
“The Civil Guard lives up to the solidarity of the people of Cantabria. It is a source of pride that Cantabria is one of the Autonomous Communities that, year after year, is at the forefront in both blood donation and organ donation. It is something we should be very proud of.”
The Government delegate also wanted to thank the Association-Brotherhood of Blood Donors for their great work, “it is a beloved and respected institution, its more than 50 years of work promoting this solidarity has helped save an incalculable number of lives. At any time we can all need a transfusion or a transplant, in the end we do it for others and also for ourselves.”
