STILL A NEED: County Red Cross officials...
STILL A NEED: County Red Cross officials hope to replenish their badly depleted blood supplies (above) in two or three days but warn that they need plenty more O-type donors streaming through the door as they did Tuesday (B1). . . . The shortage was linked with a drop in blood donations over the Christmas holidays, but officials say they don’t know of anyone’s being denied a transfusion because of it. Some local hospitals have their own blood banks, and the Red Cross can borrow from blood banks in other counties.
Call For Blood
American Red Cross blood supplies are critically low in Orange County.
O Type Normal blood supply: 235 Pints Yesterday’s blood supply: 59 Pints A Type Normal blood supply: 235 Pints Yesterday’s blood supply: 141 Pints All Types Normal blood supply: 600 Pints Yesterday’s blood supply: 255 Pints NOTE: Total includes O, A, B and AB. Source: American Red Cross
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