stocks too low to spend the summer serenely

For Maxime Hallouin, it is a first blood donation at 22 years old. “Seeing an ad that warned that blood stocks were low, I said to myself, I have time today, why not”, he said. Stocks currently consist of 79,000 bags of red blood cells. It would take 110,000, 30,000 more, to approach the summer serenely. So, in a collection center, we beat the call to fill the 30 morning slots.

Donors less mobilized, collections in companies or in universities canceled… After two years of pandemic, the consequences of the Covid are still being felt. “Many telecommute and no longer go to companies. We had the opportunity to make appointments in companies. Now, [les donneurs] must make an appointment and find a niche in their day”, notes Michèle Villemur, collection doctor for the French Blood Establishment. Today, only 4% of French people donate blood.