Families sleep on the street to donate blood to their patients: they highlight the crisis at the blood bank in the Arzobispo Loayza hospital

Dozens of people have been forced to sleep on cardboard boxes outside the Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza in central Lima, Peru, in order to secure one of only 40 daily slots available at the institution's blood bank.

The severe shortage of daily slots highlights a profound operational crisis within the hospital's blood donation system, compelling relatives of patients to endure overnight street conditions simply for the opportunity to donate blood for their family members.