(Maybe they need to consider offering a small payment to prospective donors????)
Dominican hospitals face a deficit of 200 thousand pints of blood
The donation stimulates the bone marrow to produce more blood and promotes health.
SANTO DOMINGO. The Dominican Republic has a deficit of 200 thousand pints of blood to supply the current demand of hospitals, a situation that would be alleviated if the population were sensitive about the donation issue, to save lives.
The data was made known during a talk with the participation of students from the San Miguel Arcángel educational center, located in Villa Mella, given by the Surgery Manager of the Ney Arias Lora Traumatology Hospital, Dr. Alejandro Soto.
The activity is part of the actions promoted by the management of the Ney Arias Lora Traumatology Hospital, directed by Dr. Amaury García Silverio, and which seeks to confront the difficult situation of the center regarding the availability of blood that should be used in patients who deserve to be Emergency operated when they arrive at the center injured with severe traumas.
The health establishment works in the formation of a Blood Donors Club to guarantee reducing the country's deficit and providing the service required by thousands of Dominicans.
In the country, deaths due to lack of blood occupy a high place, and during his presentation the Hospital Surgery Manager, Dr. Alejandro Soto, explained to the students, that the Ney Arias Lora Hospital has the capacity to store up to a thousand bags that can to house blood, but despite the efforts made by the medical center, with awareness campaigns and blood collection activities, at present the blood supply does not reach a hundred bags.
The teenagers were reminded that blood is only replenished with blood and that this biological component is not sold, nor can it be manufactured in factories, which means that technological development still does not allow it to be created, in this sense Soto said. that the only way to obtain it is through donation, which would greatly help the Ney Arias Lora Hospital to improve the response capacity when that need arises.
In the activity was expressed the concern that in the country, the population of productive age that ranges between 15 and 45 years dies due to blood loss, because, despite the efforts of relatives, is not replenished on time .
"Young people are the engine of the country and they are dying because of lack of blood," Soto told the audience.
For his part, the lawyer Altagracia Beltre said that humans generally have between five and seven liters of blood throughout the body and that at the time of donation, only one liter is extracted, an amount that is enough to save up to three lives.
"Each time a person donates blood, it stimulates the bone marrow to produce more blood, which is why it indicates that donating does not affect health, while it does help to restore lives," he added.
In addition, he argued that people in good health and whose weight range between 110 and 145 pounds can donate without problems, added that diabetics can also donate, since the condition they suffer is in the pancreas.
Also tattooed people, as long as one year has passed since the tattoo was made.
Blood is important, because it carries oxygen, protein and nutrients. Donating blood is giving life, an act of love and solidarity with society, but if the current scenario continues, the projection would reach a critical point by 2030, since some 40,000 young people will have died if blood donation is not prioritized.
computer translated from: https://www.diariolibre.com/noticia...deficit-de-200-mil-pintas-de-sangre-XD8577123
Dominican hospitals face a deficit of 200 thousand pints of blood
The donation stimulates the bone marrow to produce more blood and promotes health.
SANTO DOMINGO. The Dominican Republic has a deficit of 200 thousand pints of blood to supply the current demand of hospitals, a situation that would be alleviated if the population were sensitive about the donation issue, to save lives.
The data was made known during a talk with the participation of students from the San Miguel Arcángel educational center, located in Villa Mella, given by the Surgery Manager of the Ney Arias Lora Traumatology Hospital, Dr. Alejandro Soto.
The activity is part of the actions promoted by the management of the Ney Arias Lora Traumatology Hospital, directed by Dr. Amaury García Silverio, and which seeks to confront the difficult situation of the center regarding the availability of blood that should be used in patients who deserve to be Emergency operated when they arrive at the center injured with severe traumas.
The health establishment works in the formation of a Blood Donors Club to guarantee reducing the country's deficit and providing the service required by thousands of Dominicans.
In the country, deaths due to lack of blood occupy a high place, and during his presentation the Hospital Surgery Manager, Dr. Alejandro Soto, explained to the students, that the Ney Arias Lora Hospital has the capacity to store up to a thousand bags that can to house blood, but despite the efforts made by the medical center, with awareness campaigns and blood collection activities, at present the blood supply does not reach a hundred bags.
The teenagers were reminded that blood is only replenished with blood and that this biological component is not sold, nor can it be manufactured in factories, which means that technological development still does not allow it to be created, in this sense Soto said. that the only way to obtain it is through donation, which would greatly help the Ney Arias Lora Hospital to improve the response capacity when that need arises.
In the activity was expressed the concern that in the country, the population of productive age that ranges between 15 and 45 years dies due to blood loss, because, despite the efforts of relatives, is not replenished on time .
"Young people are the engine of the country and they are dying because of lack of blood," Soto told the audience.
For his part, the lawyer Altagracia Beltre said that humans generally have between five and seven liters of blood throughout the body and that at the time of donation, only one liter is extracted, an amount that is enough to save up to three lives.
"Each time a person donates blood, it stimulates the bone marrow to produce more blood, which is why it indicates that donating does not affect health, while it does help to restore lives," he added.
In addition, he argued that people in good health and whose weight range between 110 and 145 pounds can donate without problems, added that diabetics can also donate, since the condition they suffer is in the pancreas.
Also tattooed people, as long as one year has passed since the tattoo was made.
Blood is important, because it carries oxygen, protein and nutrients. Donating blood is giving life, an act of love and solidarity with society, but if the current scenario continues, the projection would reach a critical point by 2030, since some 40,000 young people will have died if blood donation is not prioritized.
computer translated from: https://www.diariolibre.com/noticia...deficit-de-200-mil-pintas-de-sangre-XD8577123