Blood can be donated on 20 and 23–27 September at the Bolesławiec Cultural Centre – International Ceramics Centre (Piłsudskiego Square), as well as 27 September at Bricomarche (Tysiąclecia Avenue). Details can be found on the poster.
Why is blood so important?
Regional Blood Donation and Blood Treatment Centre in Wałbrzych:
The number of patients needing blood is increasing rapidly, while the number of people able to donate blood is falling (due to a large number of disqualifications). This sad reality could potentially affect each of us.
Blood cannot be manufactured; only another person can share it. Currently, blood is used, among others, by people with leukaemia and other cancers, accident victims and transplant recipients.
The Centre adds:
This precious gift is used by both newborns and older people. As early as next week, the Regional Blood Donation and Blood Treatment Centre, together with the blood donors’ club from Bolesławiec, will organise a blood drive in Bolesławiec. Every new donor is worth their weight in gold.
Let us remember – a blood drive is not a cultural event but our shared insurance policy.
Who can become a blood donor?
A person who can donate blood:
- is aged 18–65 and has an identity document with a photograph and address
- has an appropriate body weight: over 50 kg
- has not had jaundice, syphilis, psoriasis or diabetes
- has not undergone surgery, endoscopic procedures, tattooing or ear or other body piercing during the last 6 months
- does not have serious diseases of the circulatory, digestive, nervous, respiratory or urinary systems.
Importantly, women cannot donate blood during menstruation or for three days after it ends.