Euskadi needs blood donors: Osakidetza warns of a critical drop in reserves
The advance of the flu and the Christmas stop have reduced blood donations and forced the call to intensify: it takes about 400 a day to ensure health activity.
Osakidetza and the Department of Health of the Basque Government have issued an urgent call to donate blood to the population due to the significant decline in reserves following the Christmas holidays, which has worsened this year due to the advance of the flu epidemic, which reached its peak in December, which has prevented many people from donating blood for weeks, reducing stocks below normal levels.
The Basque Centre for Transfusion and Human Tissues recalls that the Basque Country needs about 400 daily donations to ensure treatment, surgical interventions and care for chronic and acute patients.
In 2025, 79,107 blood donations were registered in the Basque Country by 46,418 people, including 6,599 new blood donors, which resulted in key components such as red blood cells, platelets and plasma used both in transfusions and in the manufacture of essential medicines.
Osakidetza encourages both regular donors and those who have not yet taken the step to help. To donate blood it is necessary to be between 18 and 65 years old, weigh more than 50 kilos and have good health. Information on fixed points, mobile units and schedules is updated on donantesdesangre.eus and on the social networks of Blood Donors of the Basque Country.
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