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Red Cross Declares Blood Crisis As MA Donations Hit Four-Year Low

Blood donations in Massachusetts have hit a four-year summer low, prompting the Red Cross to declare a national crisis. The Red Cross says donations are not keeping pace with hospital demand statewide, a shortfall Medfield Patch highlighted Friday under the headline "MA Blood Donors Urg…

Blood donations across Massachusetts, including in Medfield, have fallen to a four-year summer low, and the American Red Cross has declared a national blood supply crisis, according to a Friday report circulated by Medfield Patch.

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"MA Blood Donors Urgently Needed As Red Cross Declares National Crisis", Blood donations have dropped to their lowest point in four years for this time of year and are lagging behind hospital demand, the Red Cross says, according to Medfield Patch. (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/medfield/s/kkvsc/ma-blood-donors-urgently-needed-as-red-cross-declares-national-crisis)

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