Héma-Québec
Encyclopedia
Héma-Québec is a non-profit organization that manages the blood supply for the Canadian
province of Quebec
. It was created on March 27, 1998 as a successor to the Canadian Red Cross
Blood Program and the Canadian Blood Agency.
A separate organization operates elsewhere in Canada: Canadian Blood Services
.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
province of Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
. It was created on March 27, 1998 as a successor to the Canadian Red Cross
Canadian Red Cross
The Canadian Red Cross Society is a Canadian humanitarian charitable organization and one of 186 national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies....
Blood Program and the Canadian Blood Agency.
A separate organization operates elsewhere in Canada: Canadian Blood Services
Canadian Blood Services
Canadian Blood Services is a national, not-for-profit charitable organization that manages the blood supply in all provinces and territories of Canada, outside of Quebec, and oversees the OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network . A separate organization, Héma-Québec, operates in the province of Quebec...
.