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Winter storm hurts blood donations
Published: March 1, 2003
Scott and White remained on the highest level of need for Type O blood Friday, a situation mostly blamed on the ice storm earlier in the week. Mindi DeShazo, the Scott and White Blood Center donor recruiter, said weather conditions that limit travel usually result in less blood being donated. She said Scott and White had a lot of people at the hospital using blood this week, but the amounts of blood donations were down. Ms. DeShazo said donations had not picked up significantly since the end of the storm. By JAKE LONG