Tuesday, December 2, 2008 East Central Illinois

Blood needed, fast, to make up deficit

By Debra Pressey
Friday, January 11, 2008 11:28 AM CDT

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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