He Regional Hemotherapy Center urgently calls for people between 16 and 65 years old who are able to donate blood from groups 0 positive and negative RH factor, since there is a shortage of these products.
It should be said that, in medicine, blood is a basic necessity product that cannot be manufactured; It can only be achieved through donations from people in solidarity with other people’s needs.
For this reason, the Agency appeals to citizens to come and donate at its headquarters at Bolívar 687. Volunteers can come from Monday to Friday, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., or on Saturdays, during business hours. 7 to 12.
Donors are requested to attend with an identity document, not be fasting and hydrate sufficiently.
The Ministry of Public Health reminds us of the importance of voluntary and habitual donation, without the need of family members or close people, since every day there are children and adult patients who need a transfusion of some blood component.
You can donate:
- People between 16 and 65 years of age, with a body weight greater than 50 kilos.
- No history of heart, lung, liver, Chagas disease, oncological, infectious or other potentially risky or harmful disease for the recipient.
They cannot be donors
- Pregnant or breastfeeding women
- Those who have undergone surgery, endoscopy or colonoscopy during the last 6 months.
- Those who have had a piercing or tattoos during the last 6 months.
Other data
- Those who have received the flu vaccine and present symptoms such as fever, body aches, etc., will be able to donate blood after 72 hours of receiving the vaccine.
- Those who have received antibiotic medication must wait 7 days from the last dose to donate.
- A person can donate blood with a minimum interval of two months.
For more information, you can call (0387) 4215020. The Agency also has a website and accounts on the social networks Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Tiktok.
2023-11-17 16:04:32
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