University Hospital needing ‘significant’ donations of Type O blood, platelets

Blood donations dwindle arsenic coronavirus cases rise

Blood donations dwindle arsenic coronavirus cases rise (Special to WJXT)

SAN ANTONIO – University Hospital officials are requesting humor donations saying if they don’t get a “significant donation” they volition scope critically debased levels connected Monday.

Platelets and Type O donations are needed most, but each humor donations are welcome.

“We are not to the constituent of rescheduling surgeries yet, but are precise acrophobic astir the debased inventory – peculiarly if determination is simply a trauma lawsuit oregon an exigency maternity lawsuit that uses precise ample volumes of blood,” infirmary officials said successful a quality release.

Donations tin beryllium scheduled online oregon by calling 210-358-2812.

If a idiosyncratic is incapable to donate astatine University Hospital, they tin donate astatine South Texas Blood and Tissue Center, which supplies humor to hospitals passim the region.

University Health officials privation to punctual radical that humor donations are ever needed, truthful anyone incapable to donate astatine this clip tin docket successful the future.

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“The humor proviso is much of a pipeline than a bank, truthful a dependable proviso of predominant donors helps ward disconnected these situations. Your donations volition besides beryllium needed adjacent week, successful six weeks and six months from now,” officials said.

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