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I Blood Donation Marathon on Thursday (11/12/2008)

On Thursday December 18 is celebrated the first edition of Blood Donation Marathon, a charity campaign promoted by the Autonomous Community, the City of Cartagena, Cadena SER and the Blood Donation Center of the Region of Murcia.

And be held in a building as iconic as the Palace Hall and building dates where donations are needed more than ever.

As explained by the Head of the Department for Promotion of Blood Donation Regional Centre, Toni Gomez, each day requires at least 250 donations to meet the needs of hospitals in the region.

Any blood type is needed, although the negative 0, being universal, and 0 positive, being the most common among the population, are the most popular.

This year donors have responded to 57,615, up 15% over the previous year.

The general director of Citizen Services, Addictions and Consumption of the Ministry of Health, Juan Manuel Ruiz, stressed that Cartagena is one of the most important cities of the region in terms of donations.

In fact, el18% of all donations come from the Health Area II of Cartagena.

Health Area II have served 10,818 donors, with a total of 10,000 blood donations.

The Blood Donor Marathon will be installed at the Palace Hall, 10 to 14 and from 16 to 20 hours.

Any citizen can go 18 to 65 years with a minimum weight of 50 kilos and in good health.

Furthermore, to encourage further donations from citizens, FC Cartagena each donor will give away a ticket for the next game against the Merida Cartagena.

In addition, the draw for two shirts of Real Madrid and Barca signed by their players and donated for the occasion.

Cadena SER, in turn, contribute to the promotion of the event and participation in radio programs a day.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena

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