Pennsylvania's blood shortage is getting worse, and blood banks need help.
PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania’s blood shortage is getting worse, and blood banks need help. State health officials gave an update on the shortage Thursday at the Central Pennsylvania Blood Bank in Hummelstown, Dauphin County.
Officials said the number of regular donors has decreased dramatically. The Central Pennsylvania bank has had less than half of its regular number of donors for the last two months.The president and CEO of the blood bank, Patrick Bradley, says it has only been able to provide hospitals with 70% of the blood supplies they’ve requested.“We need 75,000 donations per year and that’s just in our region,” he said. “We service 21 hospitals and we’re busy.
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