Urgent Blood Donation Required
 Lyne Benoit - Canadian Consular Agent Vallarta
December 22, 2009
| | If you have any questions, please contact PV Canadian Consular Agent, Lyne Benoit at (322) 293-0098 or vallarta(at)canada.org.mx. | |
The Canadian Consular Agency of Vallarta is requesting Urgent blood donations for Canadian citizens in Puerto Vallarta. We need O+ blood type for Aude Volstad, a Canadian citizen at San Javier Hospital. We are also looking for A or O negative blood for Normand Thibodeau at Hospital Medasist.
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 then let me know that the donation has been made.
We appreciate your assistance for these Canadian Citizens.
Lyne Benoit
Canadian Consular Agent
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