The North Texas region, like the nation, is in the middle of a blood shortage.
The American Red Cross is once again in desperate need of blood donations.
"We're seeing a shortage of blood nationwide. Part of that was from the summer, a really busy travel season, back to school, all of that, but especially because of Idalia, Hurricane Idalia. We were unable to, we had to cancel about 12 blood drives," said Linda Braddy, CEO of the American Red Cross North Texas Region."As of August, we were 30,000 units short from this summer," Braddy said. "And Idalia made it worse and exacerbated the problem.
Braddy said, daily, to meet the needs of 2,500 hospitals and transfusion centers across the country, the American Red Cross needs to collect 12,500 donations every day to meet the need. "Everyone can accept O-negative. So we have a shortage of all blood types, but in particular, we have an emergency need for platelet donors, and type O blood donors," Braddy said."I always thought I wanted to try and save someone," blood donor Jennifer Strong said.
Now, all potential donors are asked the same screening questions, regardless of their gender or sexual orientation. "I think it’s really important to recognize that there wouldn’t be a national shortage if we donated regularly," Wiles said. "It’s one way we can make sure that hospitals and doctor and nurses and people are not in crisis."
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