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Red Cross faces severe blood shortage as hospital demand increases | Shenandoah Country Q102


By Lori
Jun 15, 2021
The American Red Cross is experiencing a severe blood shortage as the number of trauma cases, organ transplants and elective surgeries rise – and deplete the nation’s blood inventory. Donors of all blood types – especially type O – are urged to make an appointment to give as soon as possible to prevent further impact to patients.
Right now, hospitals are responding to an atypically high number of traumas and emergency room visits, as well as overdoses and resulting transplants. In comparison to 2019, the Red Cross has seen demand from trauma centers climb by 10% in 2021− more than five times the growth of other facilities that provide blood transfusions. ....

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Transcripts For WJZ Eyewitness News Morning Weekend 20110319



good morning, and welcome to eyewitness news. it s saturday, i m gigi barnett. i m tim williams. it s cooler right now than yesterday. but well i m not complaining. it got up into the 80s yesterday. temperatures are dropping by 20 degrees areawide. we had a front continuing to push on by. you probably heard breezy conditions overnight. the winds picked up and things are calming down. we looked at a clear day shaping up after the clouds started to break. the forecast starts out with temperatures in the 40s across the region. we ll get up into the 60s and cooler than yesterday. still, a nice saturday shaping up. we ll have the forecast coming up in a bit. thank you, tim, here s what people are talking about. shots ring out in baltimore city leaving two injured and one is a police officer. as weijia jiang reports, officers were patrolling a block of harford road and someone opened fire. reporter: the officer was part of the violent crime s unit, notorious ....

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