Medical leaders from HSHS Illinois, Memorial Health System, SIU Medicine, Springfield Clinic and the Sangamon County Department of Public Health announced Thursday they are partnering with the Central Illinois Community Blood Center to ask donors to step forward in support of the region’s blood supply. Dr, Patrick Hemmer, HSHS Illinois Director of Laboratory Services, and President of St. John’s Hospital, told The Daly Dose on Talk 101FM Thursday, with the resumption of elective surgeries, and the lack of regular blood drives due to the pandemic, the blood supply has become critically low. So low in fact, that on a couple of occasions, there was only enough of a supply to last for one day. Donating blood remains safe and simple and you are encouraged to give and add to the supply so there is plenty available for patients in Central Illinois.
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