Letter to the Editor
Blood needs
Published Monday, October 6, 2008
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To the editor:
In regards to the Sept. 21 Business Brief: “Blood bank passes review,” I wish to remind Fairbanks donors that the blood in Fairbanks Memorial Hospital’s internal blood bank is supplied by Blood Bank of Alaska’s Fairbanks Center, located on Airport Way. The article cited an increase in donations from last year. While the number of pints the hospital is using may have increased, donations statewide have dwindled. As hospitals continue to advance medical services to provide in-state care for our loved ones, blood needs rise.
Blood Bank of Alaska is proud of our long partnership with Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. We look forward to many more years of serving Fairbanks and the Interior with blood provided from Alaskans to Alaskans. But that service is possible only because our donors are dedicated to saving lives. The more Alaskans give, the less our state relies on Outside blood banks. If every Alaskan blood donor gave blood four or more times per year, blood shortages in Fairbanks and around the state would be a thing of the past.
Please call 456-5645 to make your appointment today.
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please donate locally. AVOID THE RED CROSS! The red cross sells the blood to universities and labs. only about one in ten pints donated to the red cross go to people who need it. The red cross is a business that only cares about profit! The people on top MAKE millions$$$$ the rest donate their time foolishly. Blood donation is a noble and despairetely needed act...just don't waste your blood.
And yet people I know were turned away last week because they lived in Germany in 1982. They had been giving blood for over 20 years in Cali since then w/no problems, but up here they didn't even get "screened" as potential donors. I just gave blood last week, and maybe will ask them next time about turning people away...
The same thing happened to me when I went in to donate. Since I was in Germany from 1981 to 1985, I was disqualified from donating even though I have donated in Iowa, Illinois, and Nevada since then.
I'm 66 years old, and I have always been turned down. The reason was we dont need any blood today.
wow, hmmmm, I have given over 3 gallons and they call me the day that I am available again........and I go....never had a problem. They do a great job....
Also, if you know you have a rare blood type, such as ABneg, it's a good idea to donate in order to have blood stores for yourself on a continuous basis.
For those in GE during the early '80's, that was because there was a suspected mad cow breakout back then-- they didn't know exactly what it was at the time.
I wish it was more widely known about the automatic, permanent disqualification for donating blood if you lived in Europe at any time in the past. I was actually kinda pissed when I was told I couldn't donate blood because of that. I took time off of work for no reason.
None of the other states I donated blood in had a problem with where I lived when I was ages 4 to 7.
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