Blood donations increase in the Tri-Cities
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TRI-CITIES, Wash. -- If you end up in the hospital, plenty of blood could save your life.
Last year, the Tri-Cities Red Cross saw a 13% in blood donations.
So far in 2013, the numbers are up an additional 14%.
It means the local blood supply is totally full.
The extra supply has allowed local folks to donate blood for major news events like the Superstorm Sandy disaster.
We're told our local blood supply is so strong, that we're also sending extra supplies to Spokane and Portland.
Last year, the Tri-Cities Red Cross saw a 13% in blood donations.
So far in 2013, the numbers are up an additional 14%.
It means the local blood supply is totally full.
The extra supply has allowed local folks to donate blood for major news events like the Superstorm Sandy disaster.
We're told our local blood supply is so strong, that we're also sending extra supplies to Spokane and Portland.
Thanks for posting this news,someone needs blood every 2 seconds,give the gift of life!
I was a non-donating Jehovah's Witness for 33 years and now a regular Red Cross blood donor with my 'blood buddy' girlfriend.
Jehovah's Witnesses blood transfusion confusion
Jehovah's Witnesses take blood products now in 2012.
They take all fractions of blood.This includes hemoglobin, albumin, clotting factors, cryosupernatant and cryo-poor too, and many, many, others.
If one adds up all the blood fractions the JWs takes, it equals a whole unit of blood. Any, many of these fractions are made from thousands upon thousands of units of donated blood.
 Jehovah's Witnesses now accept every fraction of blood except the membrane of the red blood cell.
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