Canadian Blood Services ruft angesichts des erheblichen Angebotsrückgangs nach Spendern
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they should bring back the bloodmobile
Why don’t I ever see blood drives anymore? Or those rv mobile donation centres? Go to where people are. People just walking by will stop to donate. I guarantee it.
But they won’t. And I just don’t get it.
Additionally, reserves of A-, B-, O+, and O- are down to three days according to [Canadian Blood Services](https://www.blood.ca/en)
I’ll never understand why they don’t have a monetary incentive.
When we run low we end up buying from America who pays individuals for blood anyway. Why not at least keep that money in the country?
My local clinic is open only 3 days a week for 4 hours each day, during business hours.
On top of the gauntlet of disqualifying questions that screen out a ton of donors.
If we can’t be paid for it and it has to be a completely altruistic gesture, it would be nice if it was at least convenient.
I have white coat syndrome and they won’t let me donate due to high blood pressure.
Canadian blood services is dysfunctional. Why have they not been doing blood drives at workplaces? Why not mobile donations? Some of their pop ups are poorly advertised. Making an appointment can be inconvenient. I would like to donate blood and have several times, it is very important to do but it isn’t as easy as it should be.
I would donate if my monthly visitor wasn’t robbing me of my blood. Chronically low on ferritin. My dad was a dedicated donor, I would love to be able in honour of him.
I would but there’s nowhere to donate in Prince George
I used to see blood drives at community centers and ymcas all the time, i haven’t seen one since at least pre covid
Maybe bring those back, i don’t even know where else I would be able to donate
My ex went through 25 units in one day once. I swore to replace it. I’ve managed to do that, and more.
Unfortunately, I’ve built up a lot of scar tissue from previous donations so it’s getting harder and harder to donate. I may be approaching the end of what I can do. I’m already booked in for my reg donation next month though. Hopefully it will be successful.
I’ve had bad experiences and good. Glad I kept going after the bad though. An easy thing I can do that has a real impact.
I do miss when they had a better selection of treats than regular Lays & Oreos.
Edit to add: I’m in a small city. They only come through once every three months. I went almost a year unable to donate at one point recently because all the appointments were booked. People would donate more if they had more opportunities.
It’s never open when I can donate.
I donate as often as possible which became a problem. I was depleting iron faster than I could consume it.
Had to cut back
Lmao what the fuck is that photo?? And does it say “fuck you very much” on their hat?
My grandpa is O- and used to donate whenever he was in Winnipeg (2hr drive from him) but one day he arrived and they said you needed an appointment and they were no longer accepting walk-ins. He hasn’t donated since because it just doesn’t work for his schedule to work around a scheduled appointment. It’s the same for my uncle and aunt who are also O-. Not sure if they’ve changed the policy since.
They really do need more ‚pop-up‘ donation centers and more frequently. I consistently donate twice every year and they easily would have gotten a third donation from me if there was walk-in service at their major center or more frequent dates at their currently rigidly scheduled community collection sites.
I genuinely wish I could donate. My blood pressure is generally around 90/70 so I don’t dare give blood anymore. I keep getting the calls though.
And yet they turned me away for my 30th donation because I had a teeth cleaning (and nothing more) that morning, and their phone line said that would be fine as long as no actual work and no dentist visit.
Oh yea I got like 20 calls from them. Been meaning to go this week but been super busy, going to go on friday after work.
I used to donate regularly before coming to Canada. Usually offices and schools would have blood donation camps organized by groups like lions club. It is so difficult to donate here in Canada. I have to book an appointment on a weekday between 9 to 5 and then travel to downtown find parking to donate? That’s too much!
While not the only cause the collapse of service clubs which tended to be the ones who organized blood drives is probably playing a part. Unless you live near a donation centre there often isn’t a practical way to donate. It makes total sense the donor centres are in cities that’s where people are, but lions, kiwanas, rotary etc… used to be the ones that organized a lot of the drives in small towns a medium cities in the past and gen x aren’t „joiners“ so even if CBS has capacity they don’t have the local contacts or people on the ground to make it happen
What is that picture
FWIW, it came out last year that Canadian Blood Services has been selling donation by-products to a global pharmaceutical company.
I’m more than happy to donate my blood to save lives. However, I’m not thrilled to learn my donation is being used by companies to turn a profit.
I haven’t donated blood since I learned about this, and I’m still trying to decide whether I’ll donate again in the future.
I donated from when I was of age to donate right up until they closed down the clinic near me.
Now they want me to drive 4 hours to Halifax to donate lol
Do you know what helps?
Booking is optional, but incentivized.
More than once I saw idle nurses in a blood donation point, but for booked only.
They used to be within walking distance from my house, but they since moved. They lost alot of walk-ins after changing to being appointment based. Unfortunately I can’t make it now that they are gone.
They have inconvenient locations and horrible hours.
I am on [cooldown](https://imgur.com/a/l6vMCP1). I wont be able to donate again in a month or so.
I am a fully grown man and I eat pretty healthy and clean. No drinking and smoking. I exercise regularly. Still, I have been donating quite frequent (3-4 times a year; only year 2025 I was too busy) my hemoglobin count is between [130 to 145 g/L ](https://imgur.com/a/46bUS0B), looooool
Some incentives would be nice, ngl. If I dont take iron supplement, it wont go above 140 g/L unless I rest for months. Taking iron supplement is no fun 😂
Not a single location to donate in northwestern BC. Not even a mobile van.
Previously, I donated every time I went through Prince George, but that has been gone for 10 years too.
Do not cry for donations when you do not even have infrastructure to meet almost half of a province.
I donated today! It took probably 45 minutes of my time for the entire process.
My boyfriend tried to donate blood and there was a 4 month waiting period for an appointment, so he gave up….
Interesting choice of picture
The hat, especially
I live in a small town. The pop-up clinic in the city over is only open 4 days every month. Weekday, business hours.
I have to drive 1.5 hours to the nearest permanent collection site, which I did during the pandemic since I wasn’t working and wanted to get out of the house.
I’d love to donate more often but logistically, I just can’t. I will try to be better at making an appointment when I do have to go to the big city.
Tried going with my 8yo daughter. I remember going with my dad to his appointments when I was about that age and it was a big factor in why I donate now. Got turned away, because my daughter has to be 10 to come with me and be unattended while I’m doing the screening.
I’ve donated a number of times and I can tell you some of the nurses who work at the location I went to can be quite rude, which is ironic considering I am voluntarily giving them my blood, time and money (gas to get there etc).
They make it so unpleasant to donate it’s no wonder no one goes anymore.
The nurses who take your blood act like you’re annoying them by being there to donate your blood.
Sorry I have consideration for others, but not enough to be subjected to negativity and poor attitudes.
You want to know what would get massive push for donations from Canadians?
Offer them tax credits when they file their taxes. Your not paying with money, your simply giving them a % off their taxes for doing their duty as a Canadian citizen.
It would be simple, you go in. Show your ID, it gets noted down as a donor and then when you file your taxes you can claim „Blood donor“ as an option and get a small reduction on your taxes.
Do that, and advertise it. And I bet a ton more Canadians would donate blood.