The Servicio Canario de la Salud says regular blood donations are needed at least twice a year to maintain supplies of blood products and serve hospitals. The Dirección General de Hemodonación y Hemoterapia has scheduled mobile sessions from 16 to 20 November, alongside the island network of fixed collection points. The deployment follows a mobile campaign in El Hierro from 9 to 13 November, stopping in Frontera and El Pinar before reaching Valverde. It forms part of the health service’s island-by-island collection programme.
On Sunday, a unit at Expodeca in the Plaza de la Música in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria will accept donors from 10:30 to 14:00. In Tenerife, the mobile point at Exposaldo in the Recinto Ferial de Santa Cruz de Tenerife is listed for 15:45 to 20:30. The Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria will also take donors without appointments from 9:00 to 13:00; its contact number is 922 602 060. Most mobile units and both university hospitals accept donors without prior appointments.
In Tenerife, mobile collections will take place at municipal and education sites. At the Ayuntamiento de Buenavista del Norte, Monday's sessions run from 10:15 to 13:00 and 16:45 to 20:00; Tuesday's session is in the afternoon. The Multicentro Comercial El Trompo in La Orotava will host a collection from 16:15 to 20:30 throughout the week. The Universidad Europea de Canarias will open on Friday from 9:15 to 13:30 and 16:15 to 20:00. The Universidad de La Laguna also held a separate annual blood-donation campaign for its university community from 13 October to 11 November.
Collections are scheduled at CIFP Los Gladiolos on Monday and Tuesday, then at CIFP Virgen de Candelaria on Wednesday and Thursday. The Banco Provincial de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, on calle Méndez Núñez, is open from 8:15 to 14:30 and 15:15 to 21:00 during the campaign. The Hospital Universitario de Canarias accepts donors without appointments from Sunday to Friday and on public holidays, 8:30 to 21:30. On Saturdays, hours are 8:30 to 14:30 and 15:30 to 20:00.
In Gran Canaria, a mobile unit will be at the Centro Deportivo de Tamaraceite from Monday to Friday, 8:30 to 14:00 and 15:30 to 21:00. A collection at the CIFP Villa de Agüimes is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, while the Consejería de Sanidad will host sessions on Wednesday and Thursday. The Dirección General de Hemodonación y Hemoterapia’s fixed point on calle Alfonso XIII is open on weekdays from 8:15 to 21:30, except public holidays.
On Fuerteventura, the unit will be at the Plaza de los Pescadores in Pájara from Monday to Wednesday, 15:30 to 21:00, then on Thursday from 8:30 to 14:00. Lanzarote’s mobile point will remain at the Ciudad Deportiva de Arrecife, with afternoon sessions from Monday to Wednesday and morning hours on Thursday and Friday. Mobile teams add capacity to the permanent extraction network across the islands.
Fixed hospital services offer more options beyond the mobile campaign. La Palma’s Hospital Universitario General accepts donors Monday to Thursday from 10:00 to 20:00 and on Friday until 15:00, with specified weekend hours also available. Its numbers are 922 185 321 and 922 185 320. The Hospital Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe in La Gomera takes donors on weekdays. El Hierro’s Hospital Insular Nuestra Señora de los Reyes operates on Mondays from 10:00 to 12:30, except public holidays. Wider community-health initiatives include a municipal health strategy.
Donors must be aged 18 to 65, or no older than 60 for a first donation. They must weigh more than 50 kilos and be in good general health; pregnant people cannot donate. A brief medical assessment takes place before collection. Men can donate once every three months, up to four times a year. Women can donate once every four months, up to three times a year. The free donor helpline is 900 234 061; information is also available at efectodonacion.com. Most mobile collection points do not require an appointment, although some fixed centres may require telephone booking.
