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The Marathon II Blood Donor created with the aim to match and even surpass the success of the previous edition and I hope the organizers of this charity event which will run throughout Thursday December 17, after 10 00 am continuously until 21.00 hours or as long as people with the intention of donating blood.
The campaign has been presented this morning by the councilman of Health of the City of Cartagena, Nicolas Angel Bernal, the director of Radio Cadena SER Cartagena, Manuel Herrera, and on behalf of the Regional Centre of Blood Donation, Toni Gomez, matching all the target Marathon, to raise awareness to the public that blood donation is a gift of life and choose a time such as Christmas, people are especially sensitive.
Among those who have confirmed their attendance to participate in this event will include elite athletes, as players of Cartagena, politicians and artists and, as an incentive, donors are giving away shirts of Real Madrid, Barca, FC Cartagena and Reale futsal.
The success of such campaigns, like the rest that have been conducted among young people in college or on the beaches in summer, have made the hemodonation grow by 8 percent in the region, being the most significant figure in Cartagena , which has grown by 18 percent.
One goal of this campaign is to reach the immigrant population, increasingly numerous, to let them know that just may need some time blood can donate to others in need.
In the first edition of the Marathon, which took place last year, 300 people came to donate blood at the Palace Hall, of which 115 were new donors then repeat.
DONOR PROFILE
The regular donor is male, between 40 and 50, although there are specific moments, like the campaigns of November and March at the university, where the lower the age profile between 18 and 25.
The blood type most in demand is 0 negative, as the universal donor, but in reality all blood types are needed, as noted Toni Gomez, member of the Regional Centre of Blood Donation.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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