It's going to Washington Township Hospital. He says lifestyle is also a factor. I think we have a hectic kind of frenzied lifestyle in the United States. You look at married couples. 75 percent of the couples, both of them work.
People have much less free time.
Donations usually pick up after Labor Day when people return from vacations. That didn't happen this time. Like most big cities, Los Angeles uses more blood than local residents donate. The area imports more than 45 percent of its supply from other Red Cross blood banks around the country. In the past, donations from rural areas have made up for most shortfalls.