National Voluntary Blood Donor Day was established in 2004, by National Law No. 25,936. The date commemorates the first blood transfusion in the world carried out with a new technique, an event that occurred in Argentina.
On November 9, 1914, the Argentine doctor and researcher Luis Agote carried out the first blood transfusion procedure with the addition of sodium citrate, a technique he developed to prevent blood clotting.
The event, which marked a milestone in medical science, took place at the Instituto Modelo of the Rawson hospital, in Buenos Aires, where a woman with postpartum hemorrhage received the blood donated by the hospital porter.
The revolutionary method prevented its coagulation by adding sodium citrate and, since then, has saved hundreds of thousands of lives around the world. It is a milestone of Argentine science, which was never patented, but changed the history of medicine by enabling the creation of blood banks.
This experience meant a great advance in transfusion medicine worldwide, since blood transfusion from then on made it possible to save millions of lives, becoming an essential support in the development of surgeries, transplants and oncological treatments.
irreplaceable element
Blood is an irreplaceable resource. There is no such thing as artificial blood and it can only be obtained from people who donate it in solidarity. Therefore, it is essential that society becomes aware of the importance of donating voluntarily and regularly.
Currently, the replacement model prevails, meaning that people donate at the request of a family member or friend who needs a transfusion. The objective is that, through spontaneous and habitual donation, there is always availability of blood components to respond to an eventual need.
Donors can be people between 16 and 65 years old, who weigh more than 50 kilos and are in good health.
Every time a person donates blood, which takes approximately 15 minutes, it can save up to three lives.
2023-11-09 05:03:54
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