Hospital chief makes pledge on Blood Donor Day
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- Published on Friday, 14 June 2013 15:59
- Written by Michael Forbes
Only one percent of blood donations in the state of Jalisco are made with altruistic motives, according to Hector Raul Perez Gomez, the director of Guadalajara’s Civil Hospital.
Speaking prior to World Blood Donor Day, celebrated on 14 June every year, Perez Gomez said his goal over the next 12 months is to double the amount of voluntary blood donations at Guadalajara’s two main public “civil” hospitals (Fray Antonio Alcalde and Juan I. Menchaca).
The vast majority of blood donations come from family members and friends of relatives who require urgent treatment or surgery. When a patient enters hospital for surgery or in an emergency, relatives are usually pressured into donating blood, if not for their own relative, to maintain supplies in the blood bank.
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