Summer’s End Brings Blood Shortage –
Blood Donor Center Needs Your Blood

During the summer vacation season just ending, blood donations unfortunately always decrease. This causes the blood supply to become dangerously low, especially as the Labor Day weekend approaches.

Donating blood at Jefferson saves lives and money. When you donate blood, you save the hospital at least $196, the cost to purchase it from the Red Cross. And, if you donate blood platelets, the cost savings to the hospital is about $500. One pint of blood can be separated into three components to aid in a blood transfusion for a surgery patient, treat shock and burn victims with plasma, and prevent bleeding episodes in leukemia patients with platelets.
The Blood Donor Center is located at 8230 Gibbon. For more information or to make an appointment to donate blood, call the Center at 5-7791.

To help out with the end-of-summer blood shortage, Thomas J. Lewis, President and Chief Executive Officer, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, takes time from his schedule to give the gift of life.

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