A unique way to help patients
Blood cannot be manufactured, so the help of voluntary blood donors is vital every single day of the year. You can start donating blood between the ages of 18 and 65 and continue until the age of 70. Do the best deed of the week and donate blood!❤️
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Get into the May Day spirit with blood donation
May Day week has only four donation days, as our service points will be closed on Friday 1 May. Blood donors' help is therefore needed more than usual.
Doctoral dissertation: Red blood cell products may affect immune cells regardless of storage time
The doctoral dissertation of Licentiate of Medicine Eva Laurén examined the storage properties of red blood cell products and their effects on immune cells under cell culture conditions. In Finland,…
You can donate blood on Easter Monday
Patients need the help of blood donors also during Easter! On Good Friday, 3 April, blood donation centres are closed, but on Easter Monday, 6 April, you can donate blood at locations across Finland.…
More people will be able to donate blood – restriction on people who lived in the UK removed
Starting on 30 March 2026, the permanent ban on blood donation in Finland for people who lived in the United Kingdom between 1980 and 1996 will be lifted. On the same day, the upper age limit for…