From supplier of blood to expert in biological products of human origin

2018

• Management and evolution of the SIIATH (in French only)

2014

• Creation of the Québec Mothers’ Milk Bank

2013

• Revision of the Act Respecting Héma-Québec: extended mandate to biological products of human origin
• Opening of the Mobile Blood Drive Regional Centre
• Opening of the first PLASMAVIE Plasma Donor Lounge
• Héma-Québec assumes full management
  of the Stem Cell Donor Registry in Québec

2011

• Creation of the Compensation plan for victims of a Héma-Québec
  product

2005

• Operational start-up of the first GLOBULE Mobile Blood
  Donation Unit

2004

• Creation of the Québec Public Cord Blood Bank

2001

• Creation of the Human Tissue Bank
• Opening of the first GLOBULE Blood Donor Centre

1998

• Adoption of the Act Respecting Héma-Québec – Héma-Québec starts its operations

1997

• Final report of the Commission of Inquiry on the Blood system
  in Canada (Krever Report) is tabled – The Red Cross announces
  its withdrawal from the Canadian blood program
  as of September 1998

1996

• Rapport du comité québécois sur l'approvisionnement, la gestion et la distribution du sang (Gélineau Committee Report)» (in French only)

1992

• Contaminated blood scandal