The First Baptist Church in Yantis will host a resource and health fair and back to school event Saturday, Aug. 19 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event is free and includes food, games and health …
Saturday was a beautiful day in Athens, in more ways that just the weather. Athens Masonic Lodge #165 hosted Carter Blood Center for a successful blood drive at the lodge
Open a vein: Pandemic and winter storm have left blood banks empty
Low blood supply is a crisis without a backup plan
President and CEO of Carter BloodCare, Dr. Merlyn Sayers, is pictured before an empty cooler at their headquarters in Bedford, Texas, Wednesday March 18, 2020. The Center is putting out the word that they have a shortage of blood. Something like 600 people a day in our community need a transfusion. They can t wait til coronavirus has blown over. , he said. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News)(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)
The shelves are bare at Carter Blood Center. It’s time for us all to donate.
patients via ambulance. an additional 20 by private vehicle. we re being told by officials on the scene that we can anticipate many more before the night is over. very serious situation. fortunately, we re backed up by other area hospitals. our sister hospital in temple and in waco are assisting us as well. what sort of injuries are you seeing? as you can imagine, with a massive explosion that has taken out the size that you re seeing on your screen, you can only imagine the type of injuries everything from orthopedic injuries, to patients that are experiencing serious blood loss. we are encouraging residents who want to help to please don t come to the hospital this evening. we are setting up a blood donor center in the morning at 9:00 here in waco. with carter blood center.
yes, because the association, the member organization we re a part of is called america s blood center, and they re actually located up there in the northeast, and they have a system, a disaster relief system where they call upon certain blood centers. if we call up to them and say, hey, we need more of this type of product, they can call around and find out who has it and call upon those centers if they have access to it. linda, thank you very much. once again, linda goelzer of the carter blood center. we appreciate you joining us. we have a live press conference to get to. patrick senjin, a sergeant from waco, texas. they have a command post set up. they have hazmat people on scene. they are working with some of the local meteorologists here. as you know, we ve had pretty significant strong south winds throughout the night. at some point, we re hearing at 7:00 or so in the morning, our winds are going to switch to the north and are going to continue