With winter colds, flu, and COVID circulating, a number of regular donors are kept away, leaving blood stock at critical levels, said the Lifeblood service.
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The Australian Red Cross lifeblood service in Victoria has put out a plea for donations as stock levels drop due to seasonal illnesses taking hold.
To maintain stock levels held in hospitals, Lifeblood Executive Director of Donor Experience Cath Stone told AAP they need blood and plasma donors “right now.”
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Jim Birchall has written and edited for several regional New Zealand publications. He was most recently the editor of the Hauraki Coromandel Post.
