In case you missed it, the guest speaker at our last meeting was Emelia Bow, the community recruiter for Canadian Blood Services. Emelia provided an overview of the services provided by CBS and the on-going high volume of donors required with some recipients needing plasma transfusions every two weeks for life and others dependent on donations for cancer, severe burns, surgeries etc. The process for donating plasma is the same as blood. The main difference is how they are collected. Any person in general good health and who meets eligibility criteria, can donate plasma as often as once per week and save lives. All blood types are needed.
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