The Blood Bank of the Centennial Hospital, in conjunction with the Volunteer Firefighters of Aldea San Antonio, will carry out a collection in said town this Saturday 6th starting at 8 in the morning.
“We have already been on other occasions carrying out blood and plasma donation campaigns in times of Covid, and we always meet very supportive people, so this Saturday from 8 we will be there,” Zulema Cardozo said in this regard. , Hemotherapy Technician at the Centenario Hospital Blood Bank.
“Donors must sign up by calling firefighters, they are taking care of registering them in advance,” he added.
He also mentioned that “it is worth noting that the donation lasts a few minutes, and it is a very important act since each one is saving 3 lives.”
In addition, he stressed that “it is very important that people become voluntary donors, since blood cannot be stored for a long time, it is a living tissue that has an expiration date, that is why we need more volunteers to come forward” , and specified that “men can donate every two months and women every three.”
Finally, Cardozo recalled that “in Gualeguaychú people can go to donate blood at the Blood Bank (located in Pavilion 4 of the new Hospital building) from Monday to Friday from 6 in the morning, only with the DNI ”.
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