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Saturday, 18 January 2014

Blood Drive for Catalonia 2.0 attracts over 3,000 donors in just two days

The last two donors Fundació Antoni Tàpies

Fundació Antoni Tàpies is the base camp for this massive drive, and in the first two days more than 1,163 people came to give blood. Hospitals like the Arnau de Vilanova in Lleida received five times more blood donations than on a normal day. The drive will resume on Monday at major hospitals across Catalonia, with the goal of achieving 5,000 donors by Friday, January 24, when this extraordinary campaign will end.

The record for highest turnout so far belongs to the Hospital Clínic, with 424 donations, followed by the Hospital de Sant Pau, which welcomed 311 donors.

The blood drive will continue until next Friday at Catalonia's principal hospitals. The goal is to achieve 5,000 donors and replenish the regional blood supply, which is currently at a low due to the Christmas holiday season and the effects of the influenza epidemic.

Results of the first two days of the blood drive
Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona, 1,163 donors
Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, 162 donors
Hospital Clínic, 424 donors
Hospital de Sant Pau, 311 donors
Hospital Vall d'Hebrón, 228 donors
Hospital Josep Trueta, Girona, 145 donors
Hospital de Bellvitge, 214 donors
Hospital Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida, 144 donors
Fundació Althaia, Manresa, 32 donors
Hospital Joan XXIII, Tarragona, 139 donors
Mútua de Terrassa, 126 donors 

Total: 3,088 donors

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