Héma-Québec

Héma-Québec
Motto Give blood. Give life.
Formation 1998
Type Non-profit
Headquarters Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Region served
Quebec
Official language
French and English
Key people
Serge Maltais, President and CEO
Parent organization
Quebec Ministry of Health and Social Services
Budget
$156 million [1]
Staff
1300 [2]
Volunteers
16000 [2]
Mission Efficiently meet the needs of the Québec population for safe, optimal-quality blood and blood products, human tissues, cord blood, mother’s milk and cellular products; to develop and provide expertise and specialized, innovative services in the field of human biological products.
Website Official site

Héma-Québec is a non-profit organization that manages the blood supply for the Canadian province of Quebec. It was created on March 26, 1998 as a successor to the Canadian Red Cross Blood Program and the Canadian Blood Agency on recommendation of the Krever Commission.

A separate organization operates elsewhere in Canada: Canadian Blood Services.

See also

References

  1. "Message" (PDF). The Createch Group. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
  2. 1 2 "Héma-Québec". Hema-quebec.qc.ca. Retrieved 2016-03-11.

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