FMH HOSTS BLOOD DRIVE
In the United States, someone needs blood every two seconds to address anything from surgeries and severe illnesses to cancer treatments and traumatic injuries, according to the American Red Cross. That’s 30 people every minute, 1,800 people per hour, 43,200 people per day and more than 15 million people per year.
A Blood Drive will be held at Fairfield Memorial Hospital’s Educational Annex Building at 203 Northwest 10th Street in Fairfield in the Red Cross Bus. The blood drive will be held on March 22nd from 11:30a.m to 5:30p.m. If you would like to schedule your appointment you can do so by visiting https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/donation-time or you can call Shauna Williams, Marketing Director, at 618-847-8242.
“Going into 2021 we still have the lingering COVID-19 and the devastating impacts it has made to our county. Here at Fairfield Memorial Hospital we find it essential to do our part to help where we can and how we can for our community. By hosting a Blood Drive, we are doing our part to build supplies from the critical hit the Red Cross endured from continued cancellations of blood drives at businesses and schools due to social distancing protocols. Blood donation is important, now more than ever, during this COVID-19 pandemic.” commented FMH CEO, Katherine Bunting-Williams.
