Approaching the holiday season, all employees of the Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello - led by Director Poli - went this morning as they do every year to the Borgo San Lorenzo Hospital Transfusion Center to make a collective blood donation.
For years, the Autodromo and the Hospital have been actively collaborating to raise awareness of blood donation, an initiative that represents an important civic duty and can be a positive example for other local businesses as well. “I can only express my gratitude to the Mugello Circuit for this day, which saw all the employees of the Autodromo engaged in an extremely important social activity,” said Dr. Franco Vocioni, Head of the Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine Facility for the Florence-Empoli area, to which the Borgo San Lorenzo Hospital Transfusion Center also belongs. “. Autodrome employees are true volunteers, supporting us several times a year. An initiative like this reinforces the message I would like to spread to all businesses: blood donation has multiple benefits, including civic importance and prevention. Donating blood is a form of preventive medicine, as the donor undergoes a medical examination, basic tests and more thorough checkups at least once a year. Our system pays special attention to the health of the donor, with positive effects for the receiving patient as well. I also want to emphasize that initiatives like this do not only respond to emergency situations, but fit into a fabric of extremely important daily activities. In fact, without blood donation, 70% of healthcare activity would be compromised. I would also like to extend my thanks to the racetrack staff on behalf of the patients who will benefit from the blood thus collected today.”
