Red Cross Declares Blood Donation Crisis in Massachusetts

BRAINTREE — Blood donations across Massachusetts have fallen to a four-year summer low, prompting the American Red Cross to declare a national blood crisis and appeal to donors in Braintree and beyond to give.

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"MA Blood Donors Urgently Needed As Red Cross Declares National Crisis": Blood donations statewide are not keeping pace with hospital demand, and the Red Cross is calling on residents to schedule donations to help close the gap, per Braintree Patch (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/braintree/s/kkvsc/ma-blood-donors-urgently-needed-as-red-cross-declares-national-crisis).

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