Vitalant community blood drive brings in 45 volunteers
Vitalant hosted a community blood drive on April 27 at the Evangelical Free Church of Bemidji, which helped collect a total of 44 units of blood products for patients in need.
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Pioneer Staff Report |
10:00 am, May 9, 2021
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BEMIDJI -- Vitalant hosted a community blood drive on April 27 at the Evangelical Free Church of Bemidji, which helped collect a total of 44 units of blood products for patients in need.
A total of 45 individuals volunteered to donate blood, 37 of which were able to donate at the blood drive. A total of seven donors also came forward to donate Power Red Cells, which collects two units of red blood cells while returning platelets, plasma and a saline solution back to the donor, a release said.