The Arctic Breeze storm system dealt significant disruptions to The Blood Connection’s (TBC) operations across its eastern service areas, intensifying the need for blood donations in minimally affected areas.
Severe weather forced several donation centers to close and caused many blood drives to be cancelled, threatening the blood supply relied on by hospitals in Eastern North Carolina and the coastal regions of South Carolina.
TBC must collect 1,000 units a day to provide lifesaving blood products to the 130+ hospitals, EMS and air transport services that rely on TBC for their blood each day…