Every day this summer, you are presented with an application that has changed your lives or your habits. An app that can save lives: that of blood donation.
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This application follows you everywhere! The Don de sang app, accessible everywhere and free of charge, allows you to find the nearest collection point: just activate geolocation, the map is displayed, you are here, at the level of the little blue dot.
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In order to be able to donate blood, iYou also have to answer a quick eligibility questionnaire: fill in your weight, your age, your medical history, to check if you can donate your blood. PFor this, you must at least weigh more than 50 kg and not have given blood less than eight weeks ago for a classic blood donation.
10,000 donations are needed every day
Moreover, the application archives your previous donations and tells you the date on which you can renew the operation. Whether by donating blood, plasma – the liquid part of blood that contains proteins and antibodies needed to make drugs – or by donating platelets, these components that help treat patients with blood diseases.
In the app history, you also have a small counter: the number displayed is the number of people you have helped to help. 10,000 donations are needed every day to meet the needs of the sick, especially in the middle of summer, when donations run out…