Critical blood shortage in Middle Tennessee as teen cancer patient shares story

Blood shortages continue to impact Middle Tennessee hospitals as Blood Assurance reports critically low supplies, with less than a day’s worth of O-negative blood remaining.

The nonprofit organization, which handles blood donation efforts in the region, says very few eligible donors actually give blood despite the life-saving impact donations have on patients like 13-year-old Kaemey Young from Shelbyville.

Kaemey was diagnosed with leukemia last November. Since then, she and her family travel to TriStar Centennial’s Children’s Hospital at least once a week for treatments…

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