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Blood service calls for aid

26/Jun/2012

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WA’s blood supply has dropped to less than three days’ coverage, causing the Australian Red Cross Blood Service to appeal for more people to donate.

Blood Service spokeswoman Kathy Bowlen said it was a real concern.

“We have just 2.8 days’ supply of all blood types,” she said.

“We have been on a downward donation trend since February.

What everyone else is thinking

Danny Haszard

28/06/2012

Thanks for posting this news,someone needs blood every 2 seconds,give the gift of life!
I was a non-donating Jehovah's Witness for 33 years and now a regular Red Cross blood donor with my 'blood buddy' girlfriend.
Jehovah's Witnesses blood transfusion confusion
Jehovah's Witnesses take blood products now in 2012.

They take all fractions of blood.This includes hemoglobin, albumin, clotting factors, cryosupernatant and cryo-poor too, and many, many, others.
If one adds up all the blood fractions the JWs takes, it equals a whole unit of blood. Any, many of these fractions are made from thousands upon thousands of units of donated blood.
Jehovah's Witnesses now accept every fraction of blood except the membrane of the red blood cell.
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Danny Haszard