All blood types are needed now to stabilize the blood supply. Donors are asked to take action immediately to help save lives.
All blood types are needed now to stabilize the blood supply. Donors are asked to take action immediately to help save lives.
They invite you to join them in advancing our mission.
They invite you to join them in advancing our mission.
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By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca When Peachis Amadou thinks about the day her daughter was born, overwhelming gratitude comes to mind—gratitude for the strangers whose blood donations gave both of them a second chance at life. The Grand Island mother and outreach coordinator for a local nonprofit was 26 weeks pregnant in April when she experienced a medical emergency. In severe pain, she went to the closest hospital, where doctors quickly realized she needed to be airlifted to Omaha. Peachis Amadou...
Continue ReadingThe American Red Cross has declared a national blood crisis for only the second time in its history, as summer blood donations have dropped to their lowest level in four years, creating serious challenges for hospitals and the patients who depend on lifesaving transfusions. "Patients can't wait" is more than a slogan right now. Blood is needed every day for trauma victims, cancer patients, individuals undergoing surgery and people living with chronic medical conditions. Because blood cannot...
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