15/06/2024
On June 14, students of the St. Petersburg Medical and Social Institute held a donation campaign at a blood transfusion station and became participants in a city event dedicated to World Blood Donor Day.
The word "donor" itself comes from the Latin "danare" – to give, because donors often give others not only blood, but also life. Donation saves thousands of people every day, but every year more and more free blood is needed. Transfusion helps to prolong life, is an integral part of some surgical procedures, during natural disasters and catastrophes.
When is it customary to celebrate a holiday?
The date of the celebration of the World Blood Donor Day, fixed since 2005. It is celebrated annually on June 14th.
📌The history of the holiday!
On June 14, 2004, the first Donor Day was held, and a year later the holiday was approved at the 58th session of the World Health Assembly in Geneva, having acquired a permanent date. June 14 was not chosen by chance, on this day the Austrian physician and immunologist Karl Landsteiner (1868-1943) was born, who in 1930 received the Nobel Prize for the discovery of human blood groups.
Donor Day is designed to draw the attention of society to the problems of blood shortage and its diseases. Every year, a specific theme is chosen for Donor Day, within which festive and educational events are held.
❓🤓How do I become a blood donor?
According to the legislation of the Russian Federation, a capable person who is a citizen of the Russian Federation, or foreign citizens legally residing in the territory of the Russian Federation for at least one year, or stateless persons who have reached the age of 18, who have expressed a voluntary desire to donate blood and (or) its components, who have passed a medical examination and have no contraindications, can become a donor.
👍😃If you are ready to donate blood and fit the above categories of citizens, then your next steps are as follows:
Choose a medical facility where you will donate blood and/or its components;
👉Undergo examinations with a transfusiologist, according to the results of which he will give you recommendations;
Sign up for a donation (blood donation) by phone or through the institution's website.