Groups 0+, 0- and B- are on yellow alert. the A + in red alert. The Transfusion Center announces the “Blood Donation Week. Your hospital needs you ”which starts on June 14, coinciding with World Blood Donor Day and runs until the 18th.
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The City Council of Leganés joins the campaign “Blood donation week Your hospital needs you” that on the occasion of the celebration of World Donor Day on June 14, coordinates the Transfusion Center of the Community of Madrid together with town halls and hospitals. The City Council thus contributes to recovering the level of donation prior to the pandemic and to face the growing demand for blood.
According to the data provided by the Transfusion Center, blood donation in hospitals is still 20% below the necessary level. The campaign, which runs from June 14 to 18, as part of the blood donation week where it is hoped that everyone will give a strong boost to donation.
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In this sense, the Department of Health and the City Council of Leganés encourage citizens to come and donate blood and reminds them that there are no restrictions on access to the hospital to go to donate and no appointment is necessary. The municipalities of Coslada, Móstoles, Fuenlabrada, Alcorcón, Pinto, Aranjuez, Alcobendas, Collado Villalba, Parla, Valdemoro, Alcalá de Henares and Getafe also participate in this initiative.
Neighbors who need more information about donating blood or check the donation hours of the hospital or other donation points available can be accessed throughhe banner of the campaign “Your hospital needs you” or through the Qr code of the campaign poster, which you will find on the City Council website.
A simple gesture that can save your life
Blood is an essential good, which It is only obtained by donation and it is necessary to treat multiple pathologies and interventions: surgeries, complicated deliveries, transplants, treatments for onco-hematological patients, etc.
Donating blood is a simple and hardly annoying gesture that does not last more than 20 minutes. A single donation can help save the lives of three patients in need of transfusion. To donate blood it is only necessary to be between 18 and 65 years old, weigh more than 50 kilos and be healthy.
The Consistory also wants to join the thanks to blood donors on World Blood Donor Day which is celebrated this June 14 in order to recognize the generosity and solidarity that they have shown during the harsh months of the pandemic.
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