We have had posters for hunting meets, dramas, school activities to name but a few and we always bite our tongues about the cheek of never having even visited for a coffee or a €1 wine but expecting that we will rush to display their A4 or even A3 poster in our window.
There is however one exception,one poster we will not display. That is Don Du Sang (blood donation).
France needs blood as can be seen from the facts below
Blood donation in France – Key Statistics
- 1 million patients treated each year thanks to blood donations
- 10,000 blood donations needed each day to cover patient needs
- 1.7 million blood donors in 2010, 360,000 of which were first-time donors
- 3 million donations made in 2010
- The lifespan of blood constituents is short: 42 days for red blood cells and 5 days for platelets.
Both J and I donated in the uk and I have a fairly rare blood type which was welcomed whenever I donated. But in France it's a no thank you
English blood is " tainted " as the UK had cases of Mad Cow disease and as such no English person is allowed to give blood in France even though blood is needed each and every day.
France failed to own up to BSE being a problem until a report in 2008 finally admitted the size of the problem and reported that France did not do enough to stop it's spread and to protect the public. President Jacques Chirac even said in 2003 that the only thing Britain had given European farming was mad cow disease.
It is said in France the disease was called "JCB" because of the speed the animals were buried!!
The ironic thing is, the taxman here wants our blood but the health service doesn't
C'est la vie and a strange one at that
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