The EFS alerts with a “vital emergency bulletin” for the second time in its history

The level of blood reserves is “historically low” in France. The French Blood Establishment (EFS) thus published a “vital emergency bulletin” on Wednesday for only the second time in its history. In a press release, the organization evokes “a critical situation on the eve of departures on vacation, which could prove dangerous in the short term to treat patients”. He specifies that the two “vital emergency bulletins” were published less than six months apart.

France, which is in “a situation similar to other European countries, must absolutely regain a stock level of 110,000 blood bags by mid-July, while this stock is now less than 90,000 blood bags. “, we continue. According to the EFS, “despite the mobilization of donors in June, the level of blood reserves remains too low to face the summer”. It is indeed more difficult to mobilize donors during this period of the year.

The next 10 days will be crucial

“If it does not recover in the very short term, it will not allow the EFS to supply hospitals and clinics with blood products during the summer to treat the sick,” he warns. Through this new alert, the EFS, affected by the health crisis, “asks all citizens to mobilize massively in the next 10 days by making an appointment to donate blood”. He specifies that “given the critical situation, all donors will be welcomed”.

Some “10,000 donations are needed every day to treat patients, for whom blood transfusions are the only alternative to being treated”, recalls the EFS, calling for “urgent solidarity from citizens”. A list of collection points can be viewed on the dondesang.efs.sante.fr website or on the Don de sang app.