The Catalonia 2020 Blood Donor Marathon starts on Friday 10th and will last until 17th January in the main hospitals of Catalonia (also in Sant Pau). Friday 10th and Saturday 11th it will be possible to donate blood in a big tent and two buses at Plaça Catalunya in Barcelona. The aim is to increase donations after the Christmas holidays.
On the other hand, the Catalan trap singer Lildami puts the soundtrack to the Donor Marathon, from a personal story about blood donation with a video recorded in Sant Pau: https://www.youtube.com/ watch? v = cF5ErekZVBA. The Blood and Tissue Bank, within the framework of this Donor Marathon, opens its Whatsapp channel, a mobile number (677071756) where any citizen can make queries and receive information.
10,000 donations are needed to care for the sick after the holidays
The Blood Bank activates the largest donation campaign of the year, the Catalan Blood Donor Marathon, which is held from 10th to 17th January. The aim is to get 10,000 people to donate blood during these days and to reach optimum levels of reserves after Christmas, when donations have fallen by 25%.
During these days it will be possible to donate blood in the main Catalan hospitals and on 10 and 11 January in a large donation tent in Plaza Cataluña in Barcelona, where there will also be two buses to receive more donors.
In addition, during the Marathon they will organize about forty donation campaigns in different towns and cities, such as those that will be held by the city councils of Tarragona and Girona.
From the website www.maratodonants.cat donors can sign up to give blood these days in Plaza Cataluña and the main hospitals. Registration is not essential, just a way to facilitate the donation and make a reminder by email the day before to the donors.
Whatsang, the new Whatsapp service of the Blood Bank
One of the main novelties of the Blood Bank this 2020 will be launched on the occasion of the Marathon. It is the Whatsapp service of blood donation that has been renamed as Whatsang.
The Blood Bank will be the first organism of the Generalitat with an official account of service to the citizen through Whatsapp. Through the telephone number 677071756, any person will be able to make queries to the Blood Bank and have a fast and close communication channel. Whatsapp conversations with the Blood Bank are individual, in the same way that communications can be made by email or telephone.
Lildami and the Blood Donation Trap
The other great novelty that comes with the Blood Donation Marathon is the new ‘soundtrack’. The popular Catalan trap singer Lildami has composed a song about blood donation with lyrics that explain the experience of the singer’s brother, who needed blood and a bone marrow transplant.
The song will be released on 7 January to coincide with the presentation of the Marathon in the city councils of Barcelona, Tarragona, Lleida and Girona, and will be available on the main digital platforms. In addition, in the video clip of the song Lildami is accompanied by a dozen blood recipients who have participated in the recording, made outside the Hospital de Sant Pau in Barcelona.
Friday and Saturday, donation and special activities in Plaza Cataluña
The special donation campaign in Plaza Cataluña on January 10 and 11 will include other special activities for all audiences.
Support from entities
The Catalan Blood Donor Marathon is also possible thanks to the involvement of the main Catalan City Councils, the Catalan Federation of Blood Donors and the Red Cross, among other entities.
Related information:
What is blood used for? www.bancsang.net/blog/que-servir-sang
Testimonies of people who have needed blood:
www.bancsang.net/blog/blog-recull-agraiments-dels-receptors-sang-posa-cara-destinacio-donacions
