translated from Spanish: Church joins activities on World Blood Donor Day

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Morelia, Michoacán.- On June 14, world blood donor day is held, the motto of this year 2021 is: “Donate blood so that the world continues to beat”.
This blood donor day is a call to action for governments, national health authorities and national blood transfusion services to provide adequate resources and establish systems and infrastructures to: increase blood collection from unpaid donors, provide quality donor care, promote and implement appropriate clinical use of blood, and implement systems for monitoring and surveillance of the entire blood transfusion chain.
In this regard, the Archbishop of Morelia, Carlos Garfias Merlos said that, “many people are not aware of how important it is to donate safe blood to give life or prolong the lives of other people. Sadly there is no culture of donation even though various institutions have collaborated to increase the number of donors, however there is still an insufficient number of people donating their blood compared to the high demand.”
He said the doctrine of the Catholic Church supports and encourages donor generosity within an appropriate context. Pope St. John Paul II called the donation “an authentic act of love,” emphasizing that the human body cannot be considered solely as a complex of tissues, organs and functions, but is a constituent part of the person. Donation is acceptable but not trade: “any tendency to commercialize is morally unacceptable, because through the use of the body as an ‘object’, the very dignity of the person is violated.”
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For safe blood donation, he said, it is important that the person donating is properly informed, so that they decide freely. What does it mean for a Christian to donate blood? It means fulfilling, a gesture of high love for those in need, for a brother in difficulty. It is a gratuitous act of affection, of availability, which every person of good will can perform at any time and for any brother. It means saving lives with human and Christian generosity as good-hearted people who are
willing to donate their blood to save the lives of the sick who need them or may need them in any circumstance.
The Archbishop reported that the Archdiocese of Morelia, through the Pastoral of Health, with the campaign “Donate blood so that the world continues to beat” and in collaboration with the Secretary of Health of the State, is supporting this day of donation, especially to favor people with limited resources in oncological and maternal issues. On the page of the Pastoral of Health-Archdiocese of Morelia, the requirements to be a donor have been published and / or can be communicated to tel. 443 324 3919 ext. 118, or to the Hospital de Nuestra Señora de la Salud, 443 312 9847.

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