The expert spoke about the growing number of blood donors in Russia

In Russia, more and more Russians are becoming blood donors every year. Tatiana Gaponova, chief freelance transfusiologist at the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, announced this on Monday, June 16.

"Over the past year, there has been a 7% increase in the total number of donors in the Russian Federation. In general, we can say that the situation with donors is stable, with an upward trend. Our total number of donors is constantly increasing," the Moscow City News Agency quoted Gaponova as saying.

The transfusiologist also added that the number of people donating blood for free is constantly growing.

"Up to 80% of donors come back at least twice a year"

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On June 16, the Izvestia Medical Center hosted a press conference by Tatiana Gaponova, Chief freelance transfusiologist at the Russian Ministry of Health, First Deputy Director General of the National Research Institute of Hematology at the Russian Ministry of Health, dedicated to World Blood Donor Day.

On June 14, the Ministry of Health of the Moscow region said that 34 tons of donated blood and its components were harvested in the Moscow region at the beginning of the year. 360.ru .

In turn, Olga Ulankina, an expert at the Hemotest laboratory, said that there are strict selection criteria for blood donors, including weight not less than 50 kg, age over 18 years, sufficient hemoglobin levels, absence of HIV, hepatitis B, C and other infections, IA Regnum reports.

There are situations that require a temporary postponement from donation, RT reports. These include: recent recovery from acute respiratory viral infections (a person is not allowed until full recovery), a period of 12 months after any surgical operation. In addition, nursing mothers cannot become donors — they are allowed to donate blood only after three months after the end of breastfeeding, writes Life.Ru .