Blood needed, fast, to make up deficit
URBANA – Blood donors are needed fast to help fill a short supply for local hospitals, especially donors with O negative and O positive blood types.
It takes 400 to 500 pints of blood a week to supply five hospitals in Urbana, Danville, Mattoon and Effingham, according to Melissa Webb Halcomb, director of donor relations for Community Blood Services of Illinois.
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