Sweden dey face serious blood shortage. Only 2.7% of people between 18 and 64 years old dey give blood. Dat one far from the 5% wey di health system need to keep safe. Di problem worse for big cities. For Stockholm, only 2.2% dey give blood. For Skåne, na 2.3%.
Young people no dey give enough blood. Older donors plenty pass young ones. But when di older ones reach age limit, nobody dey replace dem. Young men especially no dey show up. But dem get more blood and higher blood values, so dem fit be better donors.
New rules dey come wey go make am easier to give blood. Di waiting time for things like new tattoos, piercings, or new sexual partners don reduce from six months to four months. Better testing technology dey help catch viruses more accurately, so di blood go still safe for di receiver.
For Västra Götaland, di situation don make Centerpartiet call for action. AnnaSara Perslow (C) say dem first raise di issue two years ago. Dem want more blood buses, longer opening hours, and more places where people fit give blood. Di region get many blood-demanding operations, and combined with summer season, di stocks don drop to critical levels.
Halland na di only region wey get enough blood. Katarina Junevik say dem plan to take in more than dem need, so dem fit help others like Skåne. But di population dey grow older, and old people need more blood. Plus di world tension and climate problems dey increase di pressure.
To get more donors, di health authorities dey try to reach young people better. Dem dey look for resources to hire staff wey go go out to companies and organizations. For Halland, only two companies for Varberg and one for Falkenberg don sign up for di “rädda liv på arbetstid” campaign. Dat one too small.
Some people no fit give blood because of medicines, sickness, or low blood values. But one old rule wey stop homosexual men from giving blood dey finally change. Dat one go help increase di number of donors.
Di blood supply dey dependent on volunteers. If you expect blood to dey when you need am, you must also dey ready to give your own time and blood to help others.
