Bleed, I say!!!
05/23/2008
The core team of the company (shameless plug: GBD Nepremičnine d.d.) decided a while ago to donate blood ‘together’ and went through with it today. It’s only natural that people hate needles so it really does help if you have somebody there as support. It turned out that the three of us cover the three basic blood groups, namely 0, A and B, which is kind of cool.
Please, donate blood!
It doesn’t take that long and you’re helping save lives! Not to mention the great breakfast they serve you afterwards. The fact that your (hint: and your partner’s) blood is checked for all sorts of transmittable diseases is an added bonus.
Wondering where you can donate blood in Slovenia? You can participate in a blood drive or you can give blood at one of the locations below at any time that suits you best. More information in Slovenian at the Blood Transfucion Centre of Slovenia website.
Zavod Republike Slovenije za transfuzijsko medicino
Šlajmerjeva 6, 1000 Ljubljana, Tel.: (01) 543 81 00
Vsak delovni dan: 7.00-15.00
Četrtek: 7.00-17.00
Center za transfuzijsko medicino UKC Maribor
UKC Maribor, Ljubljanska 5, 2000 Maribor, Tel.: (02) 321 22 75
Torek: 7.00-17.30
Četrtek: 7.00-11.00
Oddelek za transfuzijsko medicino Celje
Splošna bolnišnica Celje, Oblakova 5, 3000 Celje, Tel.: (03) 423 35 92
Ponedeljek: 7.30-10.30
Torek: 7.30-10.30
Sreda: 7.30-10.30
Oddelek za transfuzijsko medicino Izola
Splošna bolnišnica Izola, Polje 35, 6310 Izola, Tel.: (05) 660 62 30
Torek: 7.30-12.00
Četrtek: 7.30-11.00 in 13.00-16.30
Petek: 7.30-12.00
Oddelek za transfuzijsko medicino Jesenice
Splošna bolnišnica Jesenice, Titova 112, 4270 Jesenice, Tel.: (04) 586 83 08
Torek: 7.00-12.00
Oddelek za transfuzijsko medicino Murska Sobota
Splošna bolnišnica Murska Sobota, Rakičan, Ulica dr. Vrbnjaka 6, 9000 Murska Sobota, Tel.: (02) 512 31 00
Ponedeljek: 7.00-11.30
Četrtek: 7.00-11.30
Oddelek za transfuzijsko medicino Nova Gorica
Splošna bolnišnica Nova Gorica, Ulica padlih borcev 13, 5290 Šempeter pri Novi Gorici,
Tel.: (05) 330 11 76
Torek: 8.00-12.00 in 14.00-16.00
Petek: 8.00-12.00
Oddelek za transfuzijsko medicino Novo mesto
Splošna bolnišnica Novo mesto, Šmihelska 1, 8000 Novo mesto, Tel.: (07) 391 65 74
Torek : 7.00-10.30
Četrtek: 7.00-10.30
Oddelek za transfuzijsko medicino Ptuj
Splošna bolnišnica dr. Jožeta Potrča, Potrčeva 23-25, 2250 Ptuj, Tel.: (02) 749 14 37
Ponedeljek: 7.00-11.00
Četrtek: 7.00-11.00
Oddelek za transfuzijsko medicino Slovenj Gradec
Splošna bolnišnica Slovenj Gradec, Gosposvetska 3, 2380 Slovenj Gradec, Tel.: (02) 882 34 82
Torek: 7.00-9.00
Četrtek: 7.00-9.00
Oddelek za transfuzijsko medicino Trbovlje
Splošna bolnišnica Trbovlje, Rudarska 9, 1420 Trbovlje, Tel.: (03) 565 25 89
Četrtek: 6.00-9.30
Binula said,
May 23, 2008 @ 9:23 am
Jst sm A 🙂 grem drug teden darovat!
dr.filomena said,
May 23, 2008 @ 9:27 am
Binula je 1 A !!! 🙂
Luka said,
May 24, 2008 @ 4:38 am
Well, about a month ago there was blood donation action (in a mobile unit) organized at my university (i.e. Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo), and when being invited (on the street) to donate, I said, sure, why not. However, upon stating my country of origin, things somehow changed. There seemed to be a blacklist on which Slovenia found it’s place and among expressions of deep regret I was politely denied my blood. Sure, I was pissed, I even wished for a brief moment that an injured Japanese in Slovenia would be denied our poisonous slavic blood, but then I forgot about it and never had the chance to investigate, why the hell Slovenia is on the Japan’s Red Cross black list. Any ideas?
dr.filomena said,
May 25, 2008 @ 7:56 am
That’s really strange… we’ll look into it and get back to you, Luka. Thanks for the heads up!
dr. filomena said,
May 27, 2008 @ 10:35 am
Luka, the Japanese Embassy in Ljubljana was very helpful and explained the situation.
Japan has very strict requirements when it comes to blood donors. They observe the same rules as the American Red Cross as quoted at this site:
http://www.redcross.org/services/biomed/blood/supply/CJDv.html
Among other requirements you are not eligible to donate blood if you spent (visited or lived) a cumulative time of 5 years or more from January 1, 1980, to present, in any combination of country(ies) in Europe, including… Slovenia. See the full list at the aforementioned link.
Information in Japanese can be found here:
http://www.jrc.or.jp/sanka/index.html
Luka said,
May 27, 2008 @ 2:46 pm
Thanks dr. fil, since I know almost everybody working at Japanese Embassy, I could have asked them myself. But since I’m only a “talker” and you are a “doer” you did it for me. Shame on me! But actually since it was your post that reminded me of that, I guess it’s OK you did the work. 🙂
silvestre said,
October 12, 2009 @ 9:28 pm
I’ve donated a couple of times. It’s no problem for me and I’ll gladly continue to do so in the future as well.
But — can someone explain me the issue of homosexuals not being allowed to donate blood? I believe that the myth, that there’s a greater possibility between gay people to transfer various viruses&diseases is commonly known to be false.
Or am I wrong…?