Professionals from the Almeria Blood Transfusion Area Centre will visit a total of 22 municipalities in the province throughout the month of June to carry out up to 33 scheduled blood and plasma collections. The aim of this activity is to get closer to donors and facilitate their collaboration in maintaining the Blood Bank’s reserves and the production of plasma derivatives. As in previous months, sessions will be devoted entirely to plasma donation, with the aim of increasing the collection of this blood component.
The Transfusion Centre has recalled that in Almeria an average of 60 donations a day are needed to guarantee the distribution of plasma derivatives to hospitals and thus make it possible for all patients who require it to have access to treatment or undergo surgery, thereby guaranteeing the normal functioning of the health system.
Highlights of the activity planned for the month of June include five special plasma collections, the first of which took place in Puebla de Vícar on the 2nd; on the 14th at the Albox Health Centre from 18:00 to 21:30; on the 16th at the La Gloria Health Centre in Aguadulce from 17:30 to 21:30, and on the 27th and 28th at the Transfusion Centre located next to the Torrecárdenas University Hospital in the afternoon from 16:30 to 21:30.
This week, collections are scheduled to take place at the Adra Health Centre on the 5th and 6th from 17:30 to 21:00; on the 7th at the Alborán Health Centre in the 500 Viviendas during the same hours; on the 7th from 10:00 to 13:30 blood donations can be made at the Patio de Luces de la Diputación de Almería; at the Centro de la Tercera Edad de Dalías from 17:30 to 21:00, as well as at the Centro de la Tercera Edad de Dalías from 17:30 to 21:00: 30 to 21:00 hours, as well as in the donation bus installed in the Acebuche Penitentiary Centre between 10:00 and 21:30 hours you can donate on the 8th, ending the week on the 9th in the medical office of Abrucena and in the plenary hall of the Town Hall of Balanegra from 18:00 to 21:00 hours.
Between the 12th and 16th donations can be made: on the 12th at the Huércal-Overa Town Hall from 17:30 to 21:30; at the Theatre Auditorium in Roquetas de Mar (13th) from 17:00 to 21:00; on the 14th and 15th at the Pulpí Health Centre from 17:30 to 21:00 and on Friday the 16th at the La Unión Neighbourhood Association in El Alquián from 17:30 to 21:00.
The following week the professionals of the Transfusion Centre will collect donations on the 19th in the donation bus which will travel to the Gran Plaza Shopping Centre car park between 10:00 and 13:30 hours, as well as in the Los Molinos Health Centre from 17:30 to 21:00 hours; on the 20th in the Cantoria medical surgery in the afternoon as well as on the 21st in the Balerma Health Centre and in the bus which will park in the Torrecárdenas Shopping Centre from 18:00 to 21:00 hours. On the 22nd at the Vera Health Centre from 17:30 to 21:00 and on the 23rd at Inmobiliarias Solidarias from 10:00 to 13:30 and in the car park of the Hospital Virgen del Mar from 10:00 to 13:30.
The month of June will end with collections scheduled in Cuevas del Almanzora (26th and 27th) from 17:30 to 21:00; in Campohermoso on the 28th and 29th and in the Health Centre of El Ejido Norte on the 30th from 17:30 to 21:00.
The donation bus
In addition to these scheduled collections, donors have the Transfusion Centre’s own facilities at their disposal, which are open from Monday to Friday (except public holidays) during the mornings. Likewise, the Donation Bus is parked every Thursday, from 16:30 to 20:30 hours, on the Rambla Federico García Lorca in front of the Stella Maris School.
The Transfusion Centre thanks all donors for their cooperation and highlights the collaboration of all the associations, especially the volunteers of the Life Donors Association, as well as those institutions that provide their time, human and material resources.