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New York. Prompted by a severe drain in U.S. blood supplies, the American Red Cross is asking people nationwide to donate blood. The organization said demand from hospitals has increased dramatically, leaving some regions with less than a day’s supply of some blood types. "A blood shortage is a disaster, and we need the same level of public support for this disaster as we do for a hurricane, tornado, flood or fire," said Red Cross President Bernadine Healy, MD. Summer months are usually slow for blood donations because students, a major source of those donations, are on vacation. But while donations lag, traumas, such as car accidents, increase in the summer, according to the Red Cross.
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