The American Red Cross Blood Services Connecticut Region is putting out an urgent call to the public for more blood donors to step forward this week to give blood in order to avoid a serious blood short in Connecticut this summer. We are on the verge of a crisis, but it can be avoided if more donors come forward this week.
Blood is needed on a constant basis in Connecticut.
Most people undergoing chemotherapy receive blood transfusions. Accident victims and those requiring complicated surgeries, such as liver or heart transplants, often need blood. Connecticut residents are reliant upon a safe and adequate community blood supply collected by the Red Cross. But that precious community blood supply needs immediate replenishing and can come only from volunteer blood donors in the towns and cities across Connecticut. If you are 17 or older, weigh 110 pounds or more and are in generally good health, you are probably eligible to give blood.