LE MAGAZINE
Septembre 2021
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A 100% digital magazine!
The donors, volunteers, employees and partners who have visited the blood drives since March 2020 have become used no longer seeing any paper there. Paper of all kinds have been removed from our donor...
HÉMA‑QUÉBEC GOES FROM PAPER TO DIGITAL
A 100% digital magazine!
The donors, volunteers, employees and partners who have visited the blood drives since March 2020 have become used no longer seeing any paper there. Paper of all kinds have been removed from our donor...
COVID‑19: THE GIFT OF LIFE DURING THE PANDEMIC
Thanks to you, we answered the call!
Héma‑Québec delivers over 800,000 humanderived biological products to Quebec’s hospitals every year in order to meet patients’ needs. Nearly 200,000 donors, in addition to thousands of volunteers on...
Unprecedented mobilization
At Héma‑Québec, the March 2020 public health emergency generated unprecedented mobilization. Objective: to keep the blood products supply at an adequate and optimal level on an ongoing basis, while...
Seroprevalence Study
In spring 2020, Quebec’s Ministry of Health and Social Services called upon Héma‑Québec following the first wave of COVID‑19, which hit Quebec hard. For the public health authorities, the question...
Study on the persistence of COVID‑19 antibodies
A person infected with COVID‑19 produces a large quantity of antibodies. However, that quantity declines rapidly once the person recovers. This was shown by a study conducted by Renée Bazin and a...
A biobank to help understand COVID‑19 better
A large cohort of Héma‑Québec’s fractionation plasma donors will be brought into play for studying the effect of COVID‑19 vaccination. Launched last April, PlasCov initiative aims to bank plasma...
The ABDS youth unit: make way for the next generation!
In spring 2020, the pandemic forced Héma‑Québec to adapt its practices for carrying out its mission. One of the challenges was, during the first wave, dealing with the directive issued by the public...
BLOOD
The Squad that is making a difference
The Héma‑Québec Squad arose out of the initiative of three nursing students from l’Université Laval in fall 2019. As a result of the success, the experiment continued during the 2020/2021 school year....
So many good reasons to use the app JeDonne
Are you a blood, plasma or platelet donor? The JeDonne app is an essential tool for booking appointments at GLOBULE and PLASMAVIE centres. A true donor dashboard, JeDonne is accessible on all types of...
Welcome to the family!
Héma‑Québec loves its donors. They are its oxygen, its reason for existing. But for 60% of donors, an initial appointment has no follow on. That finding has not fallen on deaf ears. It is the driver...
Journey of a young woman who was terrified of needles
Our donors, who are central to our mission, often commit themselves well beyond their blood donating. When they decide to share their personal stories, many touch the hearts of people who, in turn,...
PLASMA DONATION
Giving is in their blood!
When the pandemic hit in March 2020, Noah was studying kinesiology in Europe while his wife Amélie was working as a circus artist. Forced to return to Canada, they temporarily settled their family in...
STEM CELLS
She will see her children grow up
In 2015, Stephanie Pharand was pregnant with her second child when she went for a routine blood test. Abnormal results initially suggested anemia, but more in‑depth examination revealed a completely...
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Every year, thousands of people learn that they have a serious illness like cancer. For some of them, stem cell transplantation is the only chance of survival. Unfortunately, three times out of four,...
TISSUS HUMAINS
A story of love and giving of oneself
Catherine Poulin and Jérémy Routhier, unifiers, inspiring, and full of plans, were loved by everyone. They had their whole lives ahead of them. But fate decided otherwise. In January 2020, when they...
Félix‑Antoine: the littlest great hero
Just over the age of four, Félix‑Antoine, affectionately known as Filou, was full of life. A visit to emergency at the Centre hospitalier universitaire (CHU) in Quebec City for a persistent headache...
MOTHERS’ MILK
Her triplets benefited from milk from the Mothers’ Milk Bank
Isabelle Nadeau and her spouse were already the parents of little Alexis when they decide to expand their family. On April 16, 2018, Isabelle, 13 weeks pregnant, had an emergency ultrasound for...
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