More than 40 Belarusian Red Cross volunteers become blood donors as part of your Dapamoga campaign

Today, on September 30, the action “Your Dapamoga” was held at the City Clinical Hospital No. 6 in Minsk. More than 40 volunteers of the Belarusian Red Cross took part in blood donation. Among them are students of the Minsk State Financial and Economic College. Someone came for the first time, and for many it has become a good tradition.

- We try to make donation a regular part of our volunteer work. Since October, an agreement has been signed with the Transfusiology Center, thanks to which we will spend a donor day every month.

Before donating blood, each participant goes through several mandatory stages. First, fill out a questionnaire, which indicates information about the state of health and past diseases. Then a doctor's examination, pressure measurement, necessary medical procedures are carried out. The weight of the donor should be at least 55 kilograms. The final decision on admission to donation is made by the doctor.

- You need to be healthy and understand that your blood is for someone else. Before delivery, a medical examination is necessarily carried out, said Natalia Mikhalkovskaya.

The procedure itself takes only a few minutes. For one donation, a person takes on average 470-480 milliliters of blood. Restoration of its volume in the body occurs naturally, and you can re-donate blood after 60 days.

According to medical professionals, it is impossible to single out one blood group as the most popular. The need for different groups and components arises depending on the situation. Blood is required for patients after complex operations, women in labor, as well as people with emergency blood loss. In such cases, experts turn to donors from the relevant databases.

For many students of the Minsk State College of Finance and Economics, participation in the donor action has already become a good tradition, but Arseniy Zhevnerov became a donor for the first time. The young man says that, thinking about participating in the action, he did not doubt:

- I decided to become a donor to help those in need. My parents knew about my decision and supported me.

Daria Pilipenok also donates blood a second time. In her family, her mother and older brother donate. Therefore, the desire to continue the family tradition was quite natural.

Anyone can join the charity initiative.