Director of operations Paul McKinney said the Irish Blood Transfusion Service is 'very concerned' ahead of the bank holiday weekend, with supply across all blood groups having fallen to three days.
THE IRISH BLOOD Transfusion Service has issued an urgent appeal for blood donations, with concerns around a lack of supply ahead of the June bank holiday weekend.
Director of operations Paul McKinney said the IBTS is “very concerned” ahead of the bank holiday weekend, with supply across all blood groups having fallen to three days. “Hence, we take actions such as asking or launching a national appeal to avoid going to the next step, which is an Amber Alert. We’ve never had to do it in Ireland before. An Amber Alert is a situation where hospitals are asked to consider what elective surgeries they can actually manage not to do or postpone until we get the stock levels back to where they need to be.”“We currently have an active donor base of around 85,000. Pre-Covid, we were getting around 17,500 to 18,000 new donors.
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