The community hopes 34,500 blood donations in the summer campaign which starts on Monday.

-There will be more than 360 mobile points of donation throughout the campaign

– this summer will be established donation points in the facilities of the Madrid Institute for sport

– so far this year the number of donations has increased by 4%

Madrid, 2011-July Health Minister Javier Fernández-Lasquetty presided at the center of transfusion the Act of recognition of Madrid hospitals and their professional counseling for his involvement in the marathons of blood donation that has been among his staff.

Fernández-Lasquetty recalled in the Act on Monday starts the donation campaign of summer, which aims to get 34,500 donations and that among the new features of the campaign is the establishment of fixed points of donation in the network of facilities of the Madrid Institute of sport.

In the face of the summer blood needs not lower, given that patients still need treatment and, at the same time, the Centre for transfusion must have larger reserves than at other times of the year, since there is a lesser availability of donors before needs urgent and random.

summer of blood donation campaign reach, through mobile units for donation, 156 municipalities of the community, which represents more than 360 mobile points to the length of the campaign as well as 26 daily fixed points (24 public hospitals)(, Mobile unit in the Puerta del Sol and transfusion centre). Monday through Friday be carried out 11 daily collections, five on Saturday and two on Sunday, with a unit in the Retiro Park.

This year they will also install fixed points of donation in three facilities of the IMDER (instituto Madrileño sport) in the Parque Deportivo Puerta de Hierro, in the Canal de Isabel II and the St. Vincent de Paul. The aim is to convert these facilities on a point of reference for their environment and link the habits of healthy living, as the practice of physical activity, the habit of donating blood; In addition, donors who come to these points them presented with a free a day ticket for the IMDER-dependent pools.

From January 1 through June 21 this year were obtained in the community of Madrid 91.811 blood donations, an increase of 4% on donations obtained in the same period of the previous year. Blood donation allowed by the year 2010 for 284.626 transfusion of blood components, essential for a multitude of medical and surgical treatments.

This initiative has earned the distinction to the national merit 2011 ” by the Spanish Federation of blood donors. The work done with this campaign has been awarded also the prize silver drop ” by the Spanish society of blood transfusion and Cellular therapy.

Recognition of the hospitals in Madrid

In addition, the community wanted today publicly acknowledge the work done by professionals in Madrid hospitals collaborating with a campaign of advocacy and awareness with the motto you can also ”, launched in October 2009. Since then and until now, have been 72 blood donation marathons among staff of 27 hospitals, which have achieved a total of almost 7,000 donations.

The ceremony presided by Fernández-Lasquetty took delivery of a diploma of participation in the campaign all hospitals and two special awards, to Hospital Gregorio Marañón being which brought the more donations and Hospital Santa Cristina being that has a higher percentage of donations by number of professionals in template.