Some blood diseases, cancer can not be cured without blood transfusion. Victims of accidents, surgical patients affected by terrorist acts, also need it. Donation is supported by citizens and encouraged by law. You should know what benefits are given to donors.
Each capable and healthy citizen of the Russian Federation aged 18 to 60 years can become a donor (provided by law from 06.06.1993). This category of people benefits. Full support is given to donors. Leaders of organizations and enterprises should release a person who is a donor to health centers for examination or blood donation. These
days the donor should be relieved of work. On days of blood donation, the average level of wages will be retained for him, and it does not matter if this day was working or non-working.
If blood donation takes place during the holidays, on holidays or weekends, the donor may take another day to rest. For any day during which blood donation takes place, an additional day of rest is provided (wages are saved, it is possible to attach to annual leave or use at any convenient time throughout the year). A special budget is allocated for donors, which pays for their free meals on blood donation days.
The state has determined not only benefits to donors, but also standards for donating blood and its components that will not harm a person. Each can only be taken a valid dose of blood (or its components). This volume is determined by the doctor who examines the donor before each blood donation. The taken volume can be 350-450 ml. At each delivery, an acceptable norm is determined.
Donor benefits are provided for free blood donation for one year, if the total amount of the product is equal to two acceptable doses. In this case, a bonus of 25% to the scholarship is paid to students, payments are made from the special budget for up to 6 months from the date of delivery. Extraordinary vouchers for recovery are provided.
Citizens bearing the “Honorary Donor” sign are granted special benefits. Such people have the right to receive free extraordinary treatment in municipal and state medical institutions. Benefits to honorary donors allow free treatment and prosthetics (except for the use of precious metals). A preferential purchase of medicines is supposed (a reduction in price to 50% of their cost), a 50 percent discount on utility bills, and preferential loans for individual construction are paid.
The blood service without fail insures against infection in the performance of donor obligations. The legislation of the Russian Federation provides for the payment of damage for harm to health (includes the costs of treatment, medical examination, and rehabilitation). The occurrence of disability after the fulfillment of donor obligations is equivalent to that occurring after a work injury. The listed benefits are provided to donors upon presentation of certificates in accordance with the laws of the Russian Federation.