Veracruz University participates in a blood drive
The Global Embassy of Activists for Peace (GEAP) in Mexico, as part of the Integral Program: Life is in the Blood, developed from March 21 to 29 in the city of Xalapa, a blood drive conjunction with the Faculty of Medicine of the Veracruz University.
The objective of the blood drive was to contribute to the formation of a culture of voluntary, altruistic and regular donation of safe blood, to increase the active and effective participation of citizens, in order to guarantee the supply of blood and its components to all people who require it.
The event was attended by chemists, the director of the Faculty of Medicine, Arturo Navarrete; the director of the Faculty of Nursing, Yolanda Méndez; the director of the Faculty of Nutrition, Edith Romero; the director of the Faculty of Dentistry, María Ortega; and the director of the School of Bioanalysis, Sandra González.
A donor can save several lives
The work began with awareness talks by students of the Faculty of Medicine and GEAP volunteers, where they highlighted that the decision to donate blood can save lives, and even if the blood is separated by components, which can be used individually for patients with specific diseases.
The director of the Faculty of Medicine, Arturo Navarrete, thanked the EMAP for carrying out this type of activities where the principle of love and the universal values of the human family is strengthened; because the blood donation is a voluntary, solidary, civic, altruistic, responsible and habitual act.
«I thank the Global Embassy of Activists for Peace and the young students, and once again we reiterate our support; and I congratulate myself for that, that the Health Sciences unit carries out these activities that we know will be of benefit and usefulness for the health of a human being in society", said Navarrete.
110 young people participated voluntarily in the day, of which 53 cases were effective.
