Critical blood shortage hits CSRA, hospitals face rationing

CSRA (WJBF) – The blood supply serving hospitals across the CSRA has reached emergency levels, forcing Shepeard Community Blood Center to ration blood products and leaving some hospital requests unfilled.

Shepeard is asking those in the community to donate blood immediately.

In recent days, Shepeard said it exhausted its supply of blood types O+, O-, B+, and A-. Those blood types are used by two-thirds of patients requiring transfusions…

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