As the need for blood becomes urgent, Samira, a 48-year-old from Lyon, is taking advantage of June 14, World Blood Donor Day, to launch an appeal. Administrative agent, she campaigns for a law requiring employers to make time “at least once a year” for employees wishing to make a donation.
“It is not a heroic act, not even a civic act, but a logical act,” she told the magazine. Lyon Women. Its objective: to attract the attention of an MP who would bring “the idea into the debate”.
“It could save a lot of lives”
“I think it’s not something complicated to put in place and it could save a lot of lives,” says the mother.
Blood donation has the particularity of treating more than a million people each year, according to the EFS, the French blood establishment. To keep stocks afloat, it is necessary to obtain at least 10,000 blood donations per day.