Red Cross Declares Blood Donor Crisis as Supplies Hit Four-Year Low
Blood donations across Massachusetts, including in the Norton area, have fallen to a four-year summer low, the American Red Cross said this week. The organization has declared a national blood supply crisis, warning that donations are not keeping pace with rising hospital demand, per a …
NORTON -- Blood donations across Massachusetts have fallen to a four-year summer low and are failing to keep pace with hospital demand, prompting the American Red Cross to declare a national blood supply crisis, according to a report circulated to Norton readers.
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"MA Blood Donors Urgently Needed As Red Cross Declares National Crisis," per Norton Patch. The outlet reports that summer donations have dropped to their lowest point in four years even as hospitals' need for blood keeps climbing, a shortfall the Red Cross is calling a national crisis (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/norton).
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