“The world is not without good people” is a saying familiar to everyone. Another person can save a person’s life - be it a doctor or a donor. A donor is a source of blood for the needy.
There have been cases when a patient died from excessive blood loss due to the fact that a donor was not found. Given the importance of donor work, the state is actively practicing the so-called donor incentive program, and the title was introduced as an honorary donor of Russia. How to become one and what benefits and benefits can you expect?
Who can become a donor: general rules
A person who wants to become a donor should:
- to have good health;
- inform the medical staff about the diseases that he had in childhood;
- inform doctors about all surgical interventions that have been performed;
- confirm or deny contact with infectious patients.
Attention! A donor can be either a Russian citizen or a citizen of another country who has lived absolutely legally in Russia for at least one year.
Who can claim the title of Honorary Donor of Russia?
The list of conditions, compliance with which provides the opportunity to receive the title of Honorary Donor of Russia, is regulated at the legislative level (Federal Law No. 125, No. 317).
Not everyone who has visited the donor’s office several times can get the title of Honored Donor of Russia. The list of conditions for obtaining a title has certain quantitative restrictions.
So, in order to count on the award of the title “Honorary Donor of Russia”, the benefits and payments to receive that it provides must meet certain requirements.
- Donate blood at least 40 times on a completely free basis. These donor procedures are carried out in special blood banks.
- Donate blood plasma at least 60 times.
- Donate blood and plasma at least 25 times. Moreover, the total number of donation procedures should be no more than 40 times.
- Donate blood and plasma less than 25 times. At the same time, the total number of donation procedures should be more than 40 times.
Important! Until 2013, the delivery of blood plasma and its other components were not taken into account. Only blood donors could become Honorary Donors.
Before applying for the title of Honorary Donor, make sure that the number of your blood and plasma donations meets the above requirements. Otherwise, you will not be able to get this title. However, the fact does not apply to Muscovite donors. In the capital, there are slightly different conditions for granting a title, namely, to:
- the total number of blood donations was at least 20 times;
- the total number of plasma donations was at least 30 times.
Now you know how to become an Honorary Donor in Moscow. This turned out to be much simpler than in another federal territory of Russia.
How to become
Honorary Donor of Russia - how to become one? To get this serious title, just donate 40 times a little blood. You also need to collect a certain list of documents and go through a simple registration procedure. Only after such actions will you officially, legally be called an Honorary Donor.
Documents
- Application for registration of the application for the award of the badge "Honorary Donor of Russia" and the corresponding certificate.
- A document identifying the person who submits the application (as a rule, a passport or power of attorney in the case when the applicant submits the documents).
- A document confirming participation in donor procedures as many times as necessary (certificate No. 448-05-U). The authorized body that issues such certificates is an urban-type blood transfusion station.
Paper Submission Procedure
There are several variations, resorting to which you can get the status of "Honorary Donor of Russia". How to become one using traditional, electronic or intermediary methods? What are they? Which authorities should I contact? You will find answers to all these questions below.
1. The traditional way. With the standard method of registration, a person applying for the title of “Honorary Donor” submits all documents to the Health Committee, which is located at the following address: St. Petersburg, 191023, Malaya Sadovaya, house number 1. The body works from Monday to Friday from 9.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. Break time from 13.00 to 14.00. Also, the specifics of the work schedule implies a reduction in the working day by 1 hour on pre-holiday days.
Attention! The submission of papers can be carried out both by direct appeal to the representative for health protection, and by post.
2. The electronic way. The title “Honorary Donor of Russia” is drawn up using the Internet resource. How to become one online? To do this, go to the official portal of public services of St. Petersburg and fill out an application in electronic form. When personal data is entered, you should attach the scanned pages of an identity document (passport), and a certificate confirming the availability of the required number of blood and plasma donations. Also in online mode, it is possible to check the status of the application for an honorary title.
3. The mediation method. Registration takes place through the use of multifunctional centers, in which documents are submitted. There are such centers in every region of the Russian Federation. As for the package of papers, for the applicant it consists of the original documents or their notarized copies. If, however, the applicant’s representative contacts the authorized bodies, then he must have, in addition to the power of attorney, his own passport.
Now you know all the ways of becoming an Honorary Donor by submitting a request.
Execution
An application for the title of Honorary Donor of Russia is considered within 95 days from the date of its submission. After this period, the applicant must be given a sign and certificate of an Honorary Donor, or the person applicant will receive an official refusal.
Reasons for refusal
- The applicant does not have registration at the place of residence.
- The applicant did not submit a document confirming the donation of blood at no cost in an amount of 40 times or more or the donation of blood plasma in an amount of 60 times or more.
Handing over
The badge "Honorary Donor" is issued, complete with a certificate in a festive atmosphere according to the order of the Ministry of Health by the executive authority of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation.
In St. Petersburg, such a body is the Health Committee. It is he who rewards the donor.
Attention! The badge "Honorary Donor of Russia" and the certificate with which it is supported, are issued once. Their validity period is not regulated, which means that it is unlimited.
Honorary Donor: Benefits and Payments
Now we learn how the state encourages people who are actively donating blood or plasma. Certain privileges implies the title of “Honorary Donor of Russia”. These include a list of benefits and financial payments.
Privileges
In order to fully feel all the privileges that this title provides, you need to clearly know what benefits the Honorary Donor has. The list implies the existence of different possibilities.
- Independent choice of time of year in which the next paid vacation will take place according to labor law.
- Service in medical institutions and organizations of state and municipal significance out of turn.
- Obtaining free medical services in state and municipal medical institutions. It is carried out thanks to the functioning of the program of state guarantees of medical care on a free basis.
- Acquisition of permits in sanatoriums for the purpose of improvement at "ridiculous" prices and out of the main line. Such tickets can be bought at the place of employment or study.
- Receiving annual cash compensation.
Attention! The benefits that apply to people with the title of "Honorary Donor of Russia" also apply to Honorary Donors of the USSR.
The list of benefits may vary depending on the territorial attribute, that is, the district, region, city where you live. The exact list of privileges can be found by contacting the social security authorities at the place of residence.
Special Payments
Payments to Honorary Donors are assigned annually. The amount of the cash benefit was initially 6 thousand rubles, but due to the fact that this amount is systematically indexed (every year), for 2015 the amount of the benefit is fixed at 12373 rubles. Payments are made no later than April 1 of each year.
Important! According to the law of the Russian Federation No. 68- dated April 6, 2015, the indexation of material compensation for Honorary Donors of Russia was suspended until January 1 of the following year. Given that the preparation and adoption of the budget will take place in the fall of 2015, it becomes obvious that in 2016 the amount of the annual benefit for this category of the population will remain at the same level and will amount to 12373 rubles.
When is the payout scheduled and under what conditions?
All Honorary Donors of Russia who are awarded with the corresponding badge and certificate for it, for the appointment of annual donor benefits should contact the social security authorities of the population at the place of residence and provide the following documents:
- a statement of a certain pattern;
- identity document and a photocopy of it (usually a passport);
- a document proving that you are the owner of the “Honorary Donor of Russia” badge, and a copy of it (certificate).
When making cash payments, the desired method of transferring them is indicated: post office, bank card or account details.
Attention! The right to receive regular donor payments should be reaffirmed annually. Therefore, the above package of documents is submitted by the donor to the authorized bodies every year.
And that's not all!
In addition to the main (federal) benefits and payments, certain regions of the Russian Federation provide additional (regional) opportunities for the considered preferential category of the population. It turns out that the rights of the Honorary Donor are significant and numerous.
So, Honorary donors living in the capital on an ongoing basis have the opportunity to use the services of Moscow public transport absolutely free.
And for the services of prosthetics, these people do not pay a penny (but only in public institutions).
He is also entitled to receive a communal discount. Honorary Donor of Russia. Benefits are charged at 50%.
In addition, Moscow donors receive a 50% discount on the purchase of medicines at municipal and state drugstores.
However, in order to take advantage of these unique “bonuses”, a donor must donate his blood at least once every six months.
Some statistics
It is worth noting that the number of people who participated in donor programs is increasing every year.
In 2007, 12 people donated for every 1000 people, in 2008 - 14 donors, in 2009 - 17 donors, in 2011 - 22 donors, in 2014 - 25 donors. But, despite the positive dynamics, an indicator testifying to the normal development of the health protection system, which is 40 donors for every 1000 people, has not yet been achieved.
Being an Honorary Donor is beneficial and beneficial! Saving someone else's life and doing a good deed for others, you greatly simplify your life, receiving payments, all kinds of benefits, privileges and rights.
It is interesting!
Donors are people respected all over the world. In Spain, they even built a monument in their honor.
The government bodies of most countries of the world have introduced their own standards for encouraging people who “give” blood. Privileges can be in both tangible and intangible forms. The first should include cash payments, the second - getting time off and additional days off at work, raffles of symbolic T-shirts, pens, key rings and other interesting things, presentation of awards in the form of signs and others. The latter type of promotion is used in almost all countries. So, for example, in Singapore and the United Kingdom, whole dynasties of badges were introduced: for 25, 50, 75 and 100 donations.
Who would have thought, but there are also countries in which compensation for donation is considered illegal. In this case, it does not matter whether it is a monetary reward or not. These countries are Australia and Brazil.