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Were taking place ended. >> reporter: before covid schools accounted for 25% of collected blood. now, demand for blood products is up 10% nationwide. >> this is this huge backlog of operations that really needed to get done. >> reporter: some hospitals have had to delay scheduled surgeries. at n.y.u. langone health, in new york city, surgeon in chief dr. paresh shah says they came close to doing the same. >> we were down to such a low inventory of blood that if we had one major transfusion event...