"blood donation" in Spanish

Voluntary and unpaid blood donation is a basic principle and so let it remain.

Do ethics push us towards establishing payment for blood donation?

Do ethics push us towards establishing payment for blood donation?

Secondly, remunerating blood donation could be counter-productive in terms of quality.

Madam President, it is impossible to imagine modern medicine without blood donation.

The other reason is that non-remunerated donation provides blood which is safest and of the highest quality.

We all agree that the principle of voluntary, non-remunerated blood donation is of a very high ethical value.

As a blood donor myself and a supporter of the cause of blood donation, I therefore voted in favour of this report.

The system I have just referred to amounts to a standardized, personal identification code which is allocated to each blood donation.

Many patient groups and authorities at one time appealed to Parliament not to allow the commercialisation of blood donation.

That also leads me to say a few words about the extent to which blood donation should be non-remunerated, which is of course the major issue here.

I am nonetheless very pleased that the directive now refers to the European Council's proper definition of unremunerated blood donation.

Various patient groups and authorities have appealed to us here in Parliament not to allow blood donation to become commercialised.

However, several Member States have established public cord blood banks based on altruistic and voluntary cord blood donation.

I draw your attention to Article 152(5) which prevents Community action from affecting national provisions on the donation of blood.

Finally, the way to ensure safety and quality in gamete donation specifically, as in blood donation, is not only through it being free of charge but also through ensuring availability.

I definitely think that the directive we have now arrived at will make an important contribution to the safety and the quality of blood donation in Europe.

Parliament accepted my amendment regarding the non-remuneration of blood donation in the first reading in September 2001, but we had to yield in the end.

The development of voluntary blood donation must be the most important contribution to covering the demand for blood used to cater for the therapeutic needs of patients.

Moreover, the products of blood donation, which must be voluntary and not undertaken in return for payment, must be made available free of charge for those in need.