Blood Donors: "Only 2% Voluntarily Do It" | Chronic

By Matías Resano
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As part of the celebration of World Blood Donor Day, various initiatives will be undertaken today to disseminate and raise public awareness of the above-mentioned issue, which raises concern among the authorities. and medical specialists given the small number of people who voluntarily visit different donation centers, influenced by the lack of knowledge that the day aims to reverse.

The Argentine Association of Hemotherapy, Immunohematology and Cell Therapy (Aahitc) is launching today an informative crusade, mainly implemented in future generations of volunteer donors as representatives of the call of this entity. In this sense, the president of the Aahitc, Gabriela Dabusti, noted that the task of World Blood Donor Day resides inn social networks with testimonials from donors, because at the time of communications and networks, we considered it important to lead a global action ".

Ignorance and fear of contagion, affections and myths or preconceptions that preclude any form of willingness to donate.

Dr. Dubasti explained that "The message is that we need voluntary donors because we have a small percentage. Only 2% of Argentines are voluntary donors. Most donors need to be replaced when they have an inpatient relative. We want voluntary, repetitive and habitual donors. "

The statistics give rise to no satisfaction, in part proper, of two factors which the specialist mentioned has detailed, on the one hand, when he considers that "Hemotherapy is a young specialty that has come into contact with AIDS, and the same hemotherapies are struggling to be recognized by other specialties." On the other hand, ignorance and fear of contagions, affections and myths or preconceived ideas that stop any kind of will.

In this regard, Dubasti stated that "You can not transmit viruses because everything is disposable material, the donor does not have to enter the empty stomach, he can consume dairy products, nothing will happen to anyone, and the most important is not to come with fear, weighing more than 50 kg, between 18 and 65 years, having not contracted hepatitis as a teenager, and can even get a tattoo, if they are beyond six months ".