{"id":43086,"date":"2017-08-29T07:01:22","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T07:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=43086"},"modified":"2017-08-29T07:01:22","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T07:01:22","slug":"texas-blood-banks-in-dire-need-of-donations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/health\/texas-blood-banks-in-dire-need-of-donations.html","title":{"rendered":"Texas blood banks in dire need of donations"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Texas blood banks in dire need of donations<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Texas blood banks in dire need of donations:- The South Texas Blood &amp; Tissue Center is experiencing a severe blood shortage as hospitals take in evacuees impacted by Hurricane Harvey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The non-profit serves 43 counties and has less than a day\u2019s blood supply on hand, according to Roger Ruiz, the corporate communications specialist with the organization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Ruiz said, with Houston and blood centers in the coastal bend area closed they need more donors than ever to help supply areas in desperate need of blood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Over the weekend, the organization has seen an outpour of donations from the community including Norma King.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">She had to evacuate her hometown Corpus Christi as the threat of Hurricane Harvey approached.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">She said after seeing the severe floods in Houston and the impact of the storm in her hometown she wanted to help.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">&#8220;We saw the blood bank commercial come on and I told my niece lets go we gotta go,&#8221; King said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">She said as an o-negative blood carrier, also known as universal blood, she knew she could help save a life.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Like many, King said it\u2019s the least thing she can do to help people in need.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">South Texas Blood &amp; Tissue Center has extended donor room hours to help supply trauma center and hospitals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">All San Antonio and New Braunfels donor rooms will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. until Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The Victoria room donor room will remain closed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The organization is planning to have 11 mobile drives on Wednesday, eight on Thursday and seven on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">STBTC will also have blood drives in Boerne, Fredericksburg, New Braunfels and Seguin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.kens5.com\/news\/local\/blood-banks-in-dire-need-of-blood-donations\/468792693<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/health\/texas-blood-banks-in-dire-need-of-donations.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas blood banks in dire need of donations Texas blood banks in dire need of donations:- The South Texas Blood &amp; 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