National Transfusion Guide indicates that they must have spent 12 months in freedom
CATALINA CRUZ
According to the National Blood Transfusion Guide of the Federal Ministry of Health, people who were deprived of their liberty can donate blood after 12 months from the last day of their confinement.
The document states that “People who have not been incarcerated for more than 12 months will be taken into account”. However, some private hospitals do not accept people who were in a prison, despite having served 12 months in freedom.
Diario BASTA!, made a tour of different public and private hospital locations, such as the Star Médica hospitals, where they indicated that they do not accept blood donors from people who were deprived of their liberty.
Despite the fact that in the official rules of the Federal Ministry of Health, they indicate that they can be donors. “They are a source of infection, in prison they could have caught a virus or had unprotected relations, we don’t know how much they spend in there“said a worker at the Star Médica Roma hospital.
At the Ángeles Lindavista hospital, they accept blood donors who were imprisoned and have been free for more than a year, although not all are candidates. “If the person who wants to donate has already served 12 months in freedom, they can donate, however, they will undergo general and psychological studies to see if they are suitable.
If everything goes well, you will be able to donate blood without any problem.”, commented a doctor from the Ángeles Lindavista hospital. Furthermore, the doctor in charge of the blood laboratory at said private hospital commented that if the person donates blood before having served 12 months in freedom, “they can go to jail again.”
“Not all of us who were in prison are bad, some are there by mistake. I was seven months after leaving North Prison, when my mother became seriously ill and needed blood donors. They didn’t let me donate because her system told them that I was in jail.
“That’s called discrimination, not letting us donate, we are normal people, not aliens.”said Luis, who was held for two years. In the Blood Bank of the Siglo XXI hospital, of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), they abide by the rules.
“People from 18 to 65 years old who were held in a penitentiary center and have already served 12 months of freedom can be donors without a problem,” commented an IMSS worker.
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