Red Cross Declares Blood Donation Crisis Across Massachusetts

MILTON — Blood donations across Massachusetts have sunk to their lowest summer level in four years, the American Red Cross said, warning that supply is not keeping pace with hospital demand statewide.

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"MA Blood Donors Urgently Needed As Red Cross Declares National Crisis": Milton Patch reports that Massachusetts blood donations have dropped to their lowest summer point in four years and are falling behind what hospitals need, prompting the Red Cross to call for more donors statewide (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/milton/s/kkvsc/ma-blood-donors-urgently-needed-as-red-cross-declares-national-crisis).

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