Winter Storms Impact Blood Supply -- A NEGATIVE BLOOD SHORTAGE!
Due to extreme winter weather we have had difficulty receiving blood from outside the state and are not meeting patient needs at local hospitals – creating shortage in the A Negative blood supply of more than 100 units daily.
We are urging those who are eligible to donate
Red Cells or Whole Blood in the next ten days.
Only 6% of the population have your rare A Negative blood type, which can help save the lives of multiple patients in need - those with blood type A positive and negative and type AB positive and negative can receive your life saving blood.
Your donation will most likely be transfused within 7-10 days to a patient
like these who recently received blood transfusions:
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2 year old boy |
Heart Surgery received 5 units A- |
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35 year old female |
Pancreatic Cancer received 2 units A- |
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12 year old girl |
Leukemia received 2 units A- |
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42 year old male |
Lung disease received 2 units A- |
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60 year old female |
Lymphoma received 2 units A- |
Please call 800.707.8483 or visit bloodcenters.org and once again give this gift-of-life to someone’s loved one. Our center is located at 2324 Bethards Drive, Santa Rosa and our hours are:
- Monday, Friday, Saturday: 8am – 3pm
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 11:30am - 6:30pm
- Sunday: Platelets ONLY (no whole blood). Please call for appointments (no drop-ins).
For more information please visit www.bloodheroes.com to schedule an appointment or call 800.707.8483 or contact Curtis Byrd, Community Relations Specialist @ 707.280.6487, cbyrd@bloodcenters.org.
