LE MAGAZINE
Mai 2023
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DONATION FROM GENEROUS SOULS!
Anyone who has ever set foot in a Héma‑Québec donor centre or on the site of a blood drive knows: without the volunteers who greet, direct, and attend to the donors, the donation experience would not...
BLOOD
DONATION FROM GENEROUS SOULS!
Anyone who has ever set foot in a Héma‑Québec donor centre or on the site of a blood drive knows: without the volunteers who greet, direct, and attend to the donors, the donation experience would not...
JEAN-BENOĪT BERGERON STANDS OUT THROUGH HIS COMMITMENT AND DETERMINATION
A young student in his early twenties, Jean‑Benoît Bergeron is not the type who fears challenges, as he lives with a visual disability that seriously affects his daily activities. In fact, the visual...
WORKING HARD TO BOOST PLASMA DONATIONS
For almost 25 years now, the Association des bénévoles du don de sang (ABDS), supported by the Héma‑Québec Foundation, has been informing the public about the importance of giving life and recruiting...
RARE BLOOD BANK: THE COMPATIBILITY CHALLENGE
Rare blood runs through the veins of very few people. In fact, an individual’s blood type is considered rare when it is detected in less than 0.1% of the population, which indicates compatibility with...
FROM DONATION TO DISTRIBUTION
From donation to distribution to hospitals, here is the wonderful story of your gift! 1 DONATION The blood collection lasts about ten minutes. In addition to the blood bag, sample tubes are collected...
PLASMA
STUDENTS PLASMATTACK!
Plasma donating is on the rise in university settings thanks to the Plasmattaque initiative, launched at the Université de Sherbrooke by engineering student Alexis Rioux‑Chevalier. During the first...
WHY DONATE PLASMA?
Here are five good reasons to choose to donate plasma by apheresis! 1 To give you an opportunity to relax Did your lover dare listen to one more episode than you? Did your friend recommend a book that...
STEM CELLS
SOFIA SMILES AT LIFE THANKS TO STEM CELLS FROM CLÉMENTINE
Misfortune often strikes without warning. For young Sofia and her parents, life was going along normally until the little seven‑year old girl’s condition suddenly deteriorated and bruises appeared all...
SIGN UP TO THE REGISTER! THREE STEPS TO SAVE A LIFE
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,...
HUMAN TISSUES
EYES WIDE OPEN
The first time she saw Patrick, Danahé was at a country dance party and was given somewhat confusing explanations about him by a friend: “I think he’s blind.” Although it was true that, below his...
MANDATE AS SOLE DISTRIBUTOR OF HUMAN TISSUES
Twenty years after starting its operations collecting and processing human tissues (eye, cardiovascular, skin, bone, tendon), Héma‑Québec was entrusted, by the Ministry of Health and Social Services,...
MOTHER'S MILK
NOTHING IS STRONGER THAN A MOM… EXCEPT MAYBE HUNDREDS OF MOMS!
Not widely known by the general public, the Public Mothers’ Milk Bank (PMMB) plays an essential role for Québec’s very premature babies. In fact, mothers of very premature babies sometimes have...
HĒMA-QUĒBEC FOUNDATION
THE HĒMA-QUĒBEC FOUNDATION: THE MAGIC OF DONATING!
For more than two decades, the Héma‑Québec Foundation has been contributing to the gift of life by helping to fund Héma‑Québec’s innovative and strategic projects. As such, it injects several hundred...
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