Blood services provider issues emergency plea for type O donations
A Vitalant technician processes blood donations for distributions to hospitals. (Courtesy Vitalant)
Memphis-based nonprofit Vitalant, which provides blood to 900 hospitals nationwide, has issued an emergency appeal for type O blood.
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Vitalant blood donation blood shortage blood driveAisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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