Alarming situation: the French Blood Establishment sets itself the objective “to increase the reserves of 30,000 bags in three weeks” in France. On P.-O. it would take 80 a day.
François Toujas, the president of the EFS, warns: “For 18 months the blood collection has suffered from the health crisis and has been in permanent tension. But today these reserves are in a critical state: we are at 77,000 pockets of red blood cells while a satisfactory level is 100,000 nationally. And the forecast for the coming weeks remains very worrying. It is for this reason that the French Blood Establishment is counting on the mobilization of the greatest number. ”
Other statistics confirm it, in the last two weeks around 15% of appointments have remained unfulfilled, while the EFS is facing very strong tensions in the nursing and medical professions throughout the region. France “with more than 200 vacancies”. The Pyrénées-Orientales are obviously not immune to this drastic drop. “It would take 80 bags of blood per day”, says Jéromine Devèze-Hoiry, in charge of promoting the donation – Roussillon Basin.
“This situation is unprecedented, it is necessary to reconstitute the blood reserves as quickly as possible “, François Toujas warns again, insisting “I now appeal to all citizens so that the EFS can continue to provide health establishments with the blood bags they need to treat patients. If you pass in front of a blood drive, do not ask yourself the question: come in! “.
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