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Article: Gioia & New York Blood Center Call for City Aid in Expansion of Mobile Blood Donor Coach Program.
- Article from:
- Blood Weekly
- Article date:
- August 28, 2008
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With New York in the midst of a dangerous blood emergency, New York City Councilman Eric Gioia (D-Queens), Chairman of the City Council Committee on Oversight and Investigation, and representatives of New York Blood Center called for city aid in expanding the successful mobile donation program that has helped New Yorkers give blood all over the city (see also New York Blood Center).
New York Blood Center has issued an urgent, emergency appeal for blood after the center's supplies reached critically low levels. High gas prices and a tough economy have slowed down blood donations in the summer months, which are already typical low because school is out and many ...