Donate to Equip a Blood Bank at Hospitalito Atitlán
Blood is life. Your help today will help us reach a tomorrow in which no Lake Atitlan family will lose a loved one because of lack of access to blood. Transfusions will save lives and reduce costs to families in rural Guatemala..
$2,465 raised
$90,000 goal
Building the Hospitalito Atitlán Blood Bank
Blood is life. Your help today will help us reach a tomorrow in which no Lake Atitlan family will lose a loved one because the nearest blood bank is 2 hours away. Every drop counts, every dollar helps.
In order to provide quality medical care, HA's doctors often need quick access to life-saving blood for transfusions. A generous partner has already pledged to provide the two refrigerators and the freezer needed. Your gift will help us to purchase the following equipment to start the licensing process, open the blood bank and save lives. The Blood Bank will be a resource for other hospitals that provide surgeries with medical brigades.
The following items are still needed:
| ITEM | Approximate cost |
| Analytical (chemical) balance | $2,000 |
| Blood bag tube sealer & blood bags | $4,000 |
| Blood collection monitor | $4,000 |
| Plasma Collection Machine | $27,000 |
| Platelet Oscillating Incubator | $5,000 |
| Refrigerated centrifuge | $6,000 |
| Plasma Extractor (or Plasma expressor) | $3,000 |
| Cell washer centrifuge | $11,000 |
| Dry Tempering System | $28,000 |
| TOTAL | $90,000 |