Urgent Blood Donation Required
 Kelly Trainor de O. - U.S. Consular Agent
| | If you have any questions, please contact Pamela Thompson at 044-322-107-7007 or pamela(at)healthcareresourcespv.com. | |
The U.S. Consular Agency of Vallarta is requesting URGENT BLOOD DONATIONS (any type, the patient is A-) for Candy Kay Neer, an American tourist who had a tragic ATV accident in Puerto Vallarta yesterday, June 09, 2009.
She is in critical condition in the ICU at the CMQ Premier Hospital and requires 2 units of blood transfusion, urgently. Please donate if you can, and please encourage anyone and everyone you know to donate too.
Donations should be made at the Puerto Vallarta Blood Bank, which is located on the second floor at San Javier Marina Hospital (across from where the cruise ships dock,) in the name of Candy Kay Neer/CMQ Premier.
Please note that blood donation requirements in Mexico are different than in the United States and Canada. Donor eligibility criteria is intended to protect the health and safety of the donor as well as the patient who will receive the transfusion.
Basic requirements for blood donors are as follows:
• Over 18 years old - maximum age 65 years old
• Weight at least 50 kilos
• Good health (meaning donor feels well, can perform normal activities and has no chronic conditions)
• No alcohol beverages in the past 48 hours
• Fasting for a minimum of 4 hours and no more than 8 hours.
Do Not Donate Blood if:
• Have AIDS or a positive HIV test, Hepatitis, Syphilis, Gonorrhea, Papiloma, Chagas Disease, Herpes or engage in high risk sex.
• Have any of the following conditions that can be signs-symptoms of HIV: Unexplained weight loss or night sweats, blue or purple spots in your mouth or on your skin, swollen lymph nodes for more than one month, white spots or unusual sores in your mouth, cough that will not go away, diarrhea that will not go away, fever.
Other Disqualifiers:
• Have used drugs, steroids, hormones
• Have had vaccines, antibiotics and some medications in the last month
• Have had sexual contact with more than three people in the last five years
• Are male who has had sexual contact with another male
• Have tattoos on your body
• Are pregnant or menstruating
Once donated, the following exams are performed on the blood: HIV, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Brucella, Syphilis, VDRL, Chagas, Hematocrit, Hemoglobin, Rh Factor, Blood Type, Inverse and Direct group, Type and Cross match compatibility.
Please consider donating the Gift of Life, just as soon as you can! It is a daily battle searching for blood for critical patients in all of our local hospitals.
To donate please go to the Puerto Vallarta Blood Bank, located on the 2nd floor at Hospital San Javier, across from where the cruise ships dock. The Blood Bank is open from 8 am to 3 pm Monday through Saturday.
It is very important that if you are donating for a specific person you be sure and give the blood bank that person's name and the name of the hospital where they are being treated.
If you donate blood, please call the U.S. Consular Agency at (322) 222-0069 so that the donation can be verified with the local blood bank, and will be assigned to Mrs. Candy Kay Neer. |
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