Every second person of any nationality and age around the world needs blood transfusions of vital importance.
In the news, you will be informed about the following:
- Why is blood donation important;
- What should you know about blood bank;
- Who can be a donor.
The supply of healthy blood is a crucial resource of all hospitals.
While you read the article, minimum one person fights for his/her life and needs your group of blood.
What should you know about blood donation?
Blood transfusion is necessary for various surgical operations or manipulations.
Blood donated by you will save victims of car accidents, people injured with cold weapon or firearm, blood will be necessary in case of bleeding during transplantation or childbirth, blood will be transfused to hematology patients with respective indicators, etc.
Blood donation is especially essential in onco-hematology patients because daily transfusion often is necessary to prolong the life of some cancer patients.
Blood donation is the most invaluable gift because this way you give a stranger (who you might never meet) chance at life.
We can call every selfless donor a hero because each one of them helped a doctor save someone's life with a completely safe procedure.
Annually, millions of people successfully receive most complicated operations, many of them return to their usual rhythms of life, undergo rehabilitation much easier, with blood transfusions – With selfless blood donation, you gave a grandmother, who’s a stranger to you, chance to prepare delicious meals for her grandchildren, helped a young person get a diploma, it's with your kind deed that parturient mother held her healthy baby close to her heart in maternity block… This is a short list of outcomes of kind deed that we call selfless blood donation.
Annually, on 14th of June World Blood Donor Day is celebrated in various countries around the world including Georgia.
The event aims to raise society's awareness about the importance of blood and blood components, also with this special date, the world thanks all those donors who voluntarily and selflessly gave blood to save someone’s life.
If you’ve decided to be a blood donor, National Center of Surgery gives you an opportunity to give a helping hand to those who need it the most at this moment.
Your donated blood will be used accordingly for patients with various blood diseases at the onco-hematology department of National Center of Surgery.
Blood Bank of National Center of Surgery
The clinic’s Blood Bank is equipped with the most advanced blood component separator – all processes at the department are robotized and highly sophisticated.
Donation at the clinic is beneficial for a recipient (person who receives blood), as well as a donor because high technology and ultramodern blood separator “Amicus” manufactured by the company “Fresenius” enables donor to care for someone’s life, as well as improve his/her own health condition; if required, thromboconcentrate preparation procedure practically equals the therapeutic plasmapheresis (plasmapheresis is a method that removes harmful substances from the body) session.
In National Center of Surgery, donation is completely safe and proceeds in a comfortable environment.
Per the decision of the clinic's leadership, a specialized space was created at National Center of Surgery in order for all donors to spend their time needed for donation in a peaceful environment.
During the donation, you can engage in various activities, for example:
- Read a book
- Watch a TV show;
- Read the news on the internet;
- Entertain yourself with virtual games;
- Listen to music, etc.
It’s worth mentioning that before donation you will undergo following expensive laboratory tests completely free of charge for prevention:
- Syphilis;
- Aids;
- Hepatitis B, C.
Who can become a donor?
Every healthy person aged 18-60 who weighs more than 50 kg can become a donor.
It’s recommended to feel well and have breakfast (consumption of fatty food isn't recommended) on the day of the procedure. A donor shouldn’t have a fever, runny nose, other symptoms of influenza (flu) on the day of the procedure.
Every donor should bring an ID card on the day of the procedure.
Visit Blood Bank of National Center of Surgery, improve your health and save someone’s life with one, completely safe, humane procedure!
Wish you health!
