The story of Elena Suetina has been “noisy” in social networks for 5 years. Who is Elena and why does she need so many blood transfusions?
Fatal October
The family of Elena Alexandrovna Suetina was an ordinary Russian family, happy and beautiful. A woman and her husband raised a one-year-old daughter, rejoiced at her first successes and did not even think that happiness could end so quickly.
The couple and their daughter returned home in the evening of October 22, 2012 along the Chelyabinsk-Yekaterinburg highway. Near the village of Dolgoderevenskoye, their car, KIA Cerato, flew at high speed into the oncoming lane and collided head-on-head with the gazelle.
The husband of Elena Suetina, Nikolai, died immediately. Elena herself was taken to the intensive care unit of Dolgoderevensky hospital. Fortunately, my daughter did not suffer.
Fight for life
Already a couple of hours after the accident, the media and social networks began to publish calls for help: “The first negative blood is urgently needed for Elena Suetina 27 years old ...”.
Elena really was in a very serious condition. She could not even be transported to the hospital in Chelyabinsk. Blood was needed immediately.
Relatives and families of the Suetin family, who began to publish information on social networks, noted that donors can go to any blood transfusion center in Russia, the main thing is to make a note that the blood is donated to Elena Suetina, and it’s not even necessary to have the first negative group - the doctors synthesize it themselves from materials received from donors.
Indifferent residents of Chelyabinsk quickly responded to the misfortune of their compatriots; even a queue of people wishing to help her was lined up for a blood transfusion station. Thanks to the support of family, friends, and even strangers, but sympathizers, Elena was able to get out.
The path to recovery
The woman underwent several operations. She was bedridden for a month, but in mid-November she was already able to sit, however, resting on pillows. Lena could not afford to relax and give up, because at home she was waiting for a little daughter.
In December 2012, Elena Suetina was discharged from the hospital, her relatives exhaled, because the woman’s life was no longer in danger.
Calls from the past
Elena suffered a lot of trials - the death of her beloved husband, separation from her daughter, numerous operations. But that is not all.
The flow of messages and reposts about help Elena Suetina did not want to decline. Every day, a huge number of network users published these messages, believing that they were doing a good deed. Moreover, this entry was posted on its pages by residents of all regions of the country.
Elena repeatedly wrote appeals to technical support of social networks with a request to stop the publication of blood donation appeals for her. But the administration could not do anything: the technical ability to stop the wave of reposts is simply not provided.
Meanwhile, some users wrote messages directly to Elena. Some asked whether she really needed help, others expressed their displeasure.
Do not enter, this is a divorce
Some users of social networks, aware that Elena has not needed a transfusion for five years, began to publish other posts of the opposite nature: “don’t be fooled by this,” “bred you,” “think again”, etc.
Although it’s hard to believe that this is a “divorce”, because the ads do not contain information about the transfer of money or the need to send any SMS message to a dubious number. “Maybe the blood transfusion services carry out the injection of false information so that people donate blood more actively,” some “comedians” asked with a grin.
New “cry for help”
Trying to cope with the "viral" distribution of information about her on the network, Elena recently published a message on her page, in which she thanked all those who took part in her rescue. She said that she is feeling well now, and she no longer needs any blood transfusions. Also, the woman urged all those who wish to become a donor to go to the station and donate blood, because this can save someone's life.
Nevertheless, the message did not receive much response, and messages about help to Elena Suetina still appear on the Internet.
First think, then do ... repost
It's time to think about the fact that publications about helping someone you repost may not be relevant anymore or even be the work of scammers.
How not to become a disseminator of false information?
- Know the mechanism of blood collection. A person receives the blood necessary for transfusion, at the request of a medical organization where he undergoes treatment. Often, information about which one is needed can be found on the hospital website. Donating any blood to a person who needs treatment is wrong. He will not receive it. Moreover, a specific person with the same group for whom you allegedly donate it will not receive your blood. Transfusion is carried out from the "stocks" of the medical institution, and the newly handed over material goes to replenish these "stocks".
- Stop recklessly posting information on your page. If you want to help, then call the phone number indicated in the message, or ask the author of the message in a personal question whether it is relevant. Mindless cluttering up your page and news feed is unlikely to bring anyone any good, or possibly make “real” invisible requests for help.
- Relying on the data of large charitable foundations, only actual information is really posted there, reports on the spent funds are kept, and the help is actually targeted.
Elena's life today
After a terrible accident, Elena Alexandrovna Suetina fully recovered. Her daughter is already 6 years old. Of course, the loss of husband and dad caused serious injury, but the woman withstood all the trials of the family with dignity and tries not to lose heart. A beautiful, cheerful girl is looking at us from her page on a social network. The daughter grew up, and carries a positive and light. Surely, dad looks at her from heaven and rejoices.
The sad story of Elena Suetina has become a vivid example of how information can be distributed randomly and randomly on the Internet. We wish all the best to Elena and her daughter, and henceforth we will be attentive to reposts on social networks.