Hoxworth: Blood need critical
By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com
The Hoxworth Bloodmobile will visit Highland County six times through mid-May, with three of those visits being at Highland District Hospital.
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The coronavirus combined with the recent snowstorms have delivered a double punch to Hoxworth Blood Center’s donation efforts, and Cara Nicolas, associate director of public relations, told The Times-Gazette that barely half of the needed donations for local hospitals have been collected.
“The ‘snow-mageddon’ where we had all that ice and snow really impacted our donor turnout and cancelled several blood drives,” she said. “We have our donor bus that goes to schools, businesses and regional hospitals, and when the roads get bad people have to work from home and can’t come out to those or to our centers.”