ICHH begins new blood donation campaign in La Palma
Details Category: Isla Bonita Created on Monday, 16 September 2024 Written by El Time
The Canary Islands Institute of Hemodonation and Hemotherapy (ICHH), which is part of the Department of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands, is starting a new campaign to promote donation in La Palma. Today, September 16, there will be a donation point in Breña Alta, specifically, in Los Álamos Park. It will be from 4:45 p.m. to 8:45 p.m.
Tomorrow it will be the turn of San Andrés and Sauces, where the mobile unit will be located on Avenida Los Sauces, in front of the Sisigam cafeteria, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. and from 4:45 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
From Wednesday to Friday the unit will be on O’daly Street, in Santa Cruz de La Palma. The hours will be Wednesday and Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. and from 4:15 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. and Friday from 9:15 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Next week, El Paso will be visited on Monday from 4:30 to 9:45 p.m. and on Tuesday from 9:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.
The campaign will end on September 27 in Los Llanos de Aridane. In this municipality, donations can be made on Tuesday from 4:30 p.m. to 9:45 p.m., Wednesday to Thursday from 9:15 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. and from 4:15 p.m. to 9:45 p.m., and on Friday from 9:15 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Where to donate in La Palma
The General University Hospital of La Palma, on Buenavista de Arriba street, without a number, in Breña Alta, has a fixed extraction point where donations can be made, with or without an appointment, from Monday to Thursday from 10:00 to 20:00 and on Fridays from 10:00 to 15:30. It will be closed on Saturdays and on Sundays donations can be made from 13:00 to 20:00. This donation point makes the following telephone numbers available to donors: 922185321 and 922185 320.
Requirements to give
To donate blood, you must be between eighteen and 65 years old (up to sixty if it is your first donation), weigh more than fifty kilos, be in good general health and not be pregnant. However, since there are multiple variables that can determine the suitability of the donor, the ICHH makes available to the public on its website Efectodonacion.com a self-assessment questionnaire to check whether you can donate blood.
