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Gil Martin
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Dec 15 2024 at 5:27 p.m.
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As part of the end-of-year celebrations, theEFS and theChildren Cancers Health association d’Occitanie are calling on the people of Hérault to offer a rare and precious gift by donating their blood. The two partners joined forces to jointly carry out this campaign entitled “ December Solidarity » and which extends from December 16 to 29 with collections organized throughout the department.
36% of blood products against cancer
“The EFS undertakes to pay 1€ to the Enfants Cancers Santé association for each donor who comes to a collection”, specifies Laurent BardiauxDirector of EFS Occitanie: “Thus, during this holiday period, each blood donation will count double”. The EFS adds that this partnership and this unique operation make sense: “ 36% “blood products delivered each year help cancer patients… It is therefore natural that EFS Occitanie has joined forces with Enfants Cancers Santé to help reduce the disease.”
The numbers : for each donor recorded in one of the 13 donation centers or 100 collection points, the EFS will donate €1 to the association
Medical research: “a big help”
For its part, the Children Cancers association confirms that the final collection will then be entirely donated to research institutes for the development of new care protocols in the treatment of pediatric cancers. Professor Anne Laprie, Radiotherapist Oncologist specializing in pediatric oncology, who conducts research on childhood brain tumors”, testifies to the importance of the funds raised: “Thanks to donations, the association supported the work of my team, carried out in collaboration with all radiotherapist oncologists in France. This financial contribution made it possible to prepare a project which will use AI to increase the understanding of the mechanisms of relapse of this disease… It is therefore a great help which is provided to our research theme on brain tumors of the child “.
1000 donations/day in Occitanie
In France, nearly 10,000 donors must give blood every day to enable the EFS to maintain a sufficient stock to ensure self-sufficiency in blood products throughout the year. “In the Occitanie region, no less than 1,000 donations per day are necessary to meet the needs of patients,” underlines Laurent Bardiaux for whom the progress of this special operation in the middle of the end-of-year celebrations is not due to chance.
“During this period, in fact, blood reserves are often fragile. Between going on vacation, festivals and winter illnesses, collection objectives are more difficult to achieve… By joining forces with Enfants Cancers Santé, we wish to mobilize the citizens of the Occitanie region and convey a message of hope for children suffering from cancer. »
Collections: where and when, all dates
Where to donate blood during the “December Solidarity” operation? Here is the collection date and locations from December 16 to 27
Mèze (free time room): Monday December 16 from 9:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Saint Geniés des Mourgues (house for all): Tuesday December 17 from 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Birds (Peyrou room): Wednesday December 18 from 2:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Montpellier (Corum, Belvédère salon): Tuesday December 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Agde (Mill of the Bishops): Thursday December 19 from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Lavérune (Château de Lavérune, old door room): Thursday December 19 from 2:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Cournonterral (people’s room): Friday December 20 from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Montpellier (ODYSSEUM truck, between Ikea and Décathlon): Friday December 20 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Saint Pargoire (Max Paux room): Friday December 20 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Frontignan (Voltaire room): Monday December 23 from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Tuesday December 24 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Montpellier (truck at Arc de Triomphe/Peyrou square): Monday December 23 from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Montpellier (room F. Pelloutier, 15 place de Zeus): Tuesday December 24 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Saint Gély du Fesc (Verries sports hall): Tuesday December 24 from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Sete (Georges Brassens room): Thursday December 26 from 1:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Montpellier (Port Marianne/Bassin J. Cœur truck): Thursday December 26 from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Florensac (performance hall, Domaine du Bosquet): Friday December 27 from 2:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Montarnaud (village hall): Friday December 27 from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.
All year round:
Béziers : Béziers donation house / Béziers Hospital Center
Tuesdays and Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. and from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. and from 2:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Montpellier : donation house / Euromedicine Park
Mondays and Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., the first and third Saturdays of the month from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
More information: www.dondesang.efs.sante.fr
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