Hemopa collects over 300 blood bags in blood donation campaigns
With the support of local municipalities, the actions mobilized volunteers in several municipalities. The number of bags collected has the potential to save up to 1,316 lives.
The Pará Hemotherapy and Hematology Center Foundation (Hemopa) promoted internal and external blood donation campaigns in units of the Metropolitan Region of Belém and municipalities in the interior. Last Saturday (26), 329 bags of blood were collected, with the potential to save up to 1,316 lives throughout the State.
The actions were carried out at fixed points and through external campaigns in the municipalities of Brasil Novo, in the west, and Curionópolis, in the southeast. The collections are part of Hemopa's strategy to decentralize and expand access to voluntary blood donation.
In the Metropolitan Region, donations were made at the Hemopa headquarters in the Batista Campos neighborhood and at collection points in the Castanheira shopping mall in Belém and Metrópole in Ananindeua. The units totaled 129 bags of blood, with 52 collected at the headquarters, 40 at Castanheira, and 37 at Metrópole.
Partnership - In the interior, the Regional Hemocenters of Castanhal, also in the Metropolitan Region, and Santarém, in western Pará, participated in the mobilization. The units collected 11 and 26 bags of blood, respectively.
The external campaigns were carried out with the support of local municipalities. In Brasil Novo, in the region served by Hemopa Altamira, the action took place at the headquarters of Sesp (Special Public Health Service) and resulted in 44 bags of blood. In Curionópolis, linked to Hemopa Marabá, the mobilization at the Planalto Health Post brought the community together and reached 119 bags.
Text: Felipe Borges, intern - Ascom/Hemopa
