This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Heba Press – Ahmed Al-Musaed
After the Regional Blood Transfusion Center published these days a call for blood donation, the residents of Oujda came to the center to donate drops of their blood, because the blood stock was exhausted due to numerous requests and urges for blood, and the spread of the rumor according to which the sale of blood would be compared to the reluctance to volunteer to donate blood.
In this regard, the Regional Blood Transfusion Center of Oujda published on its official page, on the basis of numerous comments, a clarification according to which the reluctance to donate blood is mainly due to the false idea widespread among citizens, know the blood sale rumor. , unfortunately, and it’s 2025. People still believe this rumor, despite the clarifications several times, that’s why we decided to clarify once again and explain to those with an open mind, aware that they will understand the problem and help us to correct it. . Major errors, the price of which is paid by patients with severe anemia who live on blood bags, or pregnant women who were exposed to heavy bleeding during childbirth, or patients with leukemia, or premature babies, or blood patients, or those exposed to road accidents or deep burns, or for those who need blood to perform a surgical operation, and other cases that require blood with all its derivatives.
The clarification adds that the start of blood donation is regulated by laws and legislation, namely the law on the use of human blood 03-94 which says: Blood donation is free and it is not permitted to pay a fee for this. the donor, regardless of its type, and this results in the delivery of blood, plasma and red blood cells. Platelet samples constitute a fee which includes the cost of operations carried out to collect the drug, carry out laboratory analyzes and store it. , process it and package it.
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These operations require quality reagents, machines, materials, labor and devices. For this reason, a cost is set so that the patient obtains blood that meets the safety and quality conditions of the stages passed by a blood bag. Passes obtained from a donor require high costs that have been estimated and then the tasks that will be completed are determined. The patient receives a quarter of the cost, which is stipulated in the law, and the cost of the bag was determined accordingly. to its type to a uniform value.
The accuracy having also been confirmed, we will ask those who believe this rumor: can we treat a patient who needs blood without going through the blood donation process? Does he have an alternative? Is human life valuable? If you urgently need blood, can you find a single blood bag without going through these steps? What about someone who believes they are donating to the poor? Should we donate to the poor or the sick? Can a patient, if he is rich, obtain a blood bag if he has not gone through the stages of rehabilitation, conservation and analysis? We give to the patient who needs blood, whether poor, rich, average, foreign, Muslim, atheist, Arab, Amazigh, whoever it is. We give to the person and not to the poor. but it is poor in blood, and if this vital substance were found in pharmacies, the poor would die, and because blood is life, it is present in our veins so that we can be saved with it A person in the need, whatever his own. description.
We will approximate the image with an example that adds the same precision. Blood comes from God and water also comes from God. So why do you pay the cost of the water that comes to your home tap, right? the same? Water companies carry out testing, drilling, canals, etc. Does water have a price? Water is priceless, but you pay the cost of operations performed on that water so you can drink it comfortably without worrying about research. , filtering, etc. Similarly, a blood donor voluntarily gives his blood in order to save patients. He benefits from free tests and medical examination, and if he is regular, he monitors his state of health, not to mention that he benefits healthily from blood. donation process through the renewal of blood cells, while the patient pays the cost of obtaining it. A blood bag of the highest quality and safety.
Finally, we ask citizens to have a spirit of solidarity and fraternity and to help their sick brothers because nothing replaces blood and because human life is precious. So give your blood, have mercy on the weak and remember the words of the Almighty: “And whoever saves one life, it is as if he saved all humanity.” For those who want to know the laws of blood donation, they are here. » the website of the Ministry of Health.
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