‘Raise the blood supply’, here is the message from ‘The French Blood Establishment’ sent to the French.
Accidents, hemorrhages, illnesses don’t take a break
On its site, the EFS leaves this message to Internet users: “It’s summer, you’re more thinking about holidays and packing your bags. Summer is also a time when health establishments need a lot of blood bags to continue to treat the sick. Accidents, hemorrhages, illnesses don’t take a break“…
To ‘spend the summer quietly’, the French Blood Establishment needs a much larger reserve, moreover, a rare occurrence, the EFS is launching a “vital emergency bulletin”.
A critical situation
The French Blood Establishment is concerned: “Our blood supply in France is far too low to meet the demands of the summer. A critical situation on the eve of vacation departures, which could prove dangerous in the short term to treat patients“, announces the organization.
It is absolutely necessary that the levels recover in the very short term or risk not being able to supply hospitals and clinics with blood products during the summer to treat the sick.
Inability to supply hospitals and clinics
To date, the EFS must return to a stock level of 110,000 blood bags by mid-July. Currently, the stock is less than 90,000 blood bags, reports the Establishment.
Anyone over the age of 18 and under 70 and weighing more than 50 kilos can donate blood. Men can give up to six times a year, women four times. There must be a delay of at least eight weeks between each donation.
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