Star Storage launches the “Blood is Life” Campaign
Star Storage, Romanian top provider for storage, archiving and information management (data and documents) solutions, Outsourcing Data Center and Cloud services, launches the “Blood is Life” campaign, which aims to support the Bucharest Blood Transfusion Center in the direction of collecting and preserving in optimal conditions of blood and to promote the need for blood donation.
In the first part of this campaign, the Star Storage will make during 18-31 December a donation to equip the Bucharest Blood Transfusion Center with the following equipment, that are essential for the collection and preservation of blood in optimal conditions:
- Blood Bank – a professional refrigeration equipment for 336 blood bags;
- A professional refrigeration equipment for reagents with a capacity of 500 litres;
- 6 hemomixers.
Through the “Blood is Life” campaign Star Storage set the following objectives:
- Endowment of Bucharest Blood Transfusion Center with European standards equipment;
- Improvement of the donation conditions through the rehabilitation/construction of Bucharest Blood Transfusion Center;
- Informing the general public about the need for benevolent, voluntary and unpaid involvement in blood donation with positive impact in increasing the number of blood donors in Romania.
Blood is an essential, vital and very valuable part to the human body, a wealth that each of us have, without recognizing how important it is. And that up to a point, when a dear person needs blood to be saved – only then we realize the true value of the gesture to donate blood.
Romania is the last place in Europe in terms of blood donation. Statistics show that only 1.7% of Romanians are on the list of donors, compared to other European countries: Denmark – 10%, England – 9%; Netherlands – 8%, Germany – 5.5%, France – 6%; South Italy – 4% Northern Italy – 3%, Hungary – 4.2%.
“Every second there is a man who needs blood and I consider that each of us must take responsibility for blood donation, because as long as we are healthy and can donate, we should do it. And that is not for the benefits which they grant a blood donor, but because we are fortunate, because we can enjoy every moment of our lives while other people are losing their lives because not suffering from any serious illness, but because they do not have the right blood to the right time.
Besides the fact that there are very few blood donors in our country, Romania still has a problem, the technological endowment of specialized Centers, which increases the negative impact that it has insufficient blood because it alters much faster than would happen if the Centers would be equipped accordingly.
Medicine has evolved greatly over time, and although now there are special technologies for the storage and transportation of blood, this remains a very perishable substance and therefore need to be done daily donations. Also, do not overlook the fact that a person who donates blood every three months can save in a year 15 people.” said Catalin Paunescu, Managing Director, Star Storage.
Star Storage during the year had two internal blood donation campaigns titled “Blood Donor Day in Star Storage” and which were held in collaboration with the Blood Transfusion Center Bucharest. During these campaigns, Star Storage employees donated blood, being helped in this endeavor by Blood Transfusion Center Bucharest which has provided a mobile unit.
About STAR STORAGE – INFORMATION MANAGEMENT | OUTSOURCING | CLOUD
Star Storage is a Romanian company with 100% private capital, leader in the field of storage, archiving and information management (data and documents) solutions in Romania. With more than 12 years of experience on the Romanian market, Star Storage has developed an entire portfolio of solutions and services starting from the principle of complete integration throughout the entire life cycle of information generated by a company – from the moment of production up to the moment of storage or destruction: output management outsourcing services (document production), archiving management outsourcing, Cloud and Data Center outsourcing, IT infrastructure solutions and business solutions, all integrated with geospatial information management solutions (GIS).