In order to facilitate donation, the hospital will enable three donation points: from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Donor Unit of the General Residence and at the donation point set up in the lobby of the Maternal and Child Hospital. until 2:30 p.m. on the first floor of the Ambulatory Activities Center.
And in order to encourage people who will be at the hospital tomorrow to come and donate, starting at 11 a.m., members of the association music in vein They will play in the lobby of the Ambulatory Activities Center and at 11:30 in the Maternal and Child Hospital while volunteers from the Spanish Association against Cancer, Cáritas and Nadie solo will distribute leaflets around the facilities. The 501st Legion could not be missing either, always present at the Blood Donation Marathons.
The hospital will be dressed like a marathon, with information banners in the parking lots and at the entrance to the three main buildings, posters and cards that will be placed on patients’ trays so that their families are informed and can also take advantage of their visit to donate blood.
El 12 de Octubre is a reference hospital in Madrid and also in the rest of the country for many surgical interventions, such as transplants, cardiac surgeries or care for injured people in critical situations, interventions that would not be possible without having blood planned to transfuse if necessary. . Specifically, to meet the transfusion needs of all its patients, the Hospital needs around 20,000 blood donations each year.
The Hospital asks neighbors, relatives of patients and professionals at the center to help cover these transfusion needs, coming to donate at least twice a year. The celebration of this marathon is a good time to do it.
Donating blood only takes a total of around 20 minutes and the requirements are very simple: Be between 18 and 65 years old, weigh more than 50 kg and be in good health.
2023-11-27 16:25:26
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