Blood Donors

Since the last century, each Contrada, including Drago, has established a Blood Donor Group. Today, the Blood Donor Groups of all seventeen Contrade represent an irreplaceable reality within the Sienese healthcare system. These groups have united into a single entity - the Nonprofit Blood Donors Group of the Contrade - which aims to coordinate and promote blood and bone marrow donation, as well as to support solidarity projects in the city and within the Contrade communities.

To this end, the Blood Donors Group invites all members of the Drago community to participate in this act of generosity and to join those who have shown sensitivity and activity in past years.

WHO CAN DONATE

Blood donors can be anyone between the ages of 18 and 70 who are in good health and weigh more than 50 kg.

Men can donate blood every three months, while women of childbearing age can donate every six months.

There are several types of donations:

• Whole blood, which takes about 5 to 10 minutes.

• Plasma and platelets, which require about 45 minutes.

WHERE TO DONATE

Donations are made at the Transfusion Centre of the Policlinico Le Scotte (1st Lot, Ground Floor) the Siena hospital. For more information, visit:

www.ao-siena.toscana.it/modulistica-e-informazioni/donare-il-sangue/

For more detailed information, and especially to become a donor, you can contact the Blood Donors Group by writing to the officer, Rosa Novella Mostardini, at the following email address: mostardinirosa@gmail.com