But Lemons admits a lack of space is forcing the hospital to divert emergency patients to other hospitals. He says he's considering expanding the number of monitored beds and intensive care beds at the facility. The medical center is also trying to attract more in-house specialists. And in other news, Danville Regional Medical Center's calling a code blue on its blood supply. Last weekend a couple of critical patients used more than one hundred units of blood.
Officials say that left the blood supply critically low.
The American Red Cross says the need for blood donations is an issue nationwide. That's this week's Health Check. A viewer questions our coverage of last week's shooting at the Backstreet Cafe. And in Sports, we'll have a live report from the Martinsville speedway. We'll be right back.