The Fourth of July weekend is usually one of the three worst weekends of the year for blood usage, and this year that was certainly true with extremely heavy blood usage by local patients in the last 3 days. The blood supply is just about depleted with type O Positive being extremely critically low. The situation is critical for local patients needing blood.
Community Blood Bank lab staff was called back from vacation early to test the last few units of blood that came in Thursday night, so there would be something to send to the hospitals.
“It will be tough to recover from,” says Dan Desrochers Director of
Marketing at the Community Blood Bank, “It will take those donors who haven’t been in since last summer’s blood shortage to end this one.”
All donors are strongly encouraged to donate at the Community Blood Bank, 2646 Peach Street. Community Blood Bank is open from 9a.m. 6p.m. Monday through Friday and until 7:30pm Tuesday night and Saturday 9a.m.-12:30 p.m. Photo ID required.
Thanks so much for the post. I laughed out loud at the =Stunned for the blood supply. we are already seeing an increase in the number of donors so we are hoping for a good week. I'll let you know what happens