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The Plenary Hall of the City Council will host on Thursday, June 21, the III Blood Donation Marathon, a solidarity day to save lives.
José Ballesta: "Generosity runs through the veins of Murcia and with this ten-hour marathon, at a nerve center of the city, we hope that solidarity will overwhelm us and, together, we will increase the Center's reserves".
Nine out of ten people will need blood for themselves, their relatives or friends at some point in their lives and in the summer hospitals need donations not to go down.
On the occasion of the World Blood Donor Day celebrated today, the Mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, together with the head of Marketing and Donation Promotion of the Regional Blood Donation Center, Antonia Gómez, and the director of Radio Murcia Cadena Ser, Domingo Camacho, presented this morning the III Murcia Blood Donation Marathon, a solidarity day to save lives that will take place next Thursday, June 21, in the Plenary Hall of the City of Murcia, from 09.30 to 14.30 and 16.30 at 21.30.
Under the motto 'Give yourself to others.
Donate blood.
Share life 'this initiative hopes to break the records of the previous two, where in total 1,051 donors were attended (of which 345 were new) and 875 donations were obtained.
"Generosity runs through the veins of Murcia and with this marathon of ten hours, at a nerve center of the city as is the City Council, we hope that solidarity will overwhelm us and, together, we will increase the reserves of the Center, thanks to which lives are saved daily, "said José Ballesta, who added that" between 250 and 300 blood donations per day are necessary to deal with the sanitary and surgical activity of regional hospitals. "
Likewise, José Ballesta praised the work done by the Regional Hemodiadontion Center and its professionals over the last 27 years, "an essential health institution that has become a faithful reflection of a society that does not resign itself to remain impassive in front of to the need of the other and that has decided to take a step forward to engage with others in a completely altruistic way ".
All those people who want to donate blood, who are between 18 and 65 years old, weigh more than 50 kilos and are in good health are called to participate.
From the Regional Blood Donation Center they make a special appeal to the generosity of young people from Murcia, between 18 and 30 years old, since it is important to consolidate the generational change needed to maintain donations.
During the marathon there will be live radio from the hand of Radio Murcia SER chain, surprises and gifts for donors.
The objective is twofold: increase donations in Murcia and raise awareness of the need to contribute with a charitable and civic act that also improves health resources.
Blood transfusions and their products help save millions of lives a year.
They help patients with hematological and oncological diseases live longer and with a better quality of life, and enable complex medical and surgical interventions.
They also have a vital role in maternal and child care, pregnancy and in emergency responses to natural or man-made disasters.
Summer campaign: the sick need donations not to stop
Nine out of ten people will need blood for themselves, their relatives or friends at some point in their lives and, currently, the Region has 130,000 registered donors of which around 35,000 are active.
From the Regional Blood Donation Center, they warn that in summer, donations usually fall due to vacations and trips.
However, the consumption of blood components in hospitals does not decrease during the summer, as they are still needed for surgeries, treatments and, above all, for hematological and oncological patients.
For this reason, it is important to raise awareness that donation is an altruistic action that benefits the whole society and that only a sufficient supply can be obtained through regular, voluntary and unpaid donation, so it is necessary to commit to donate throughout the year if you want to maintain a sufficient supply and maintain self-sufficiency in blood components.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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