McQuillan says the Reno office typically only supplies local hospitals with blood, but on Sunday, June 13, 2016 the blood bank put 20 units O+ blood on a Southwest Airlines plane headed for Orlando, FL.
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At the Community Blood Center in Appleton, there are a lot of regular donors.
Hundreds lined up to give blood Sunday in Orlando to help the victims of the massacre at a gay nightclub, but major restrictions remain for gay men wanting to give blood themselves.
To residents like David and Jeanette Ryan, it’s not about who’s donating the blood, just that it’s being tested.
Purpura says they did get new donors because of the Orlando tragedy.
“We really appreciate all of those that are taking the time, and it is extended times in cases like this, because the waits have gone longer”.
“It’s O negative what we sent”, Guarino said.
Amanda Sweeney knows first hand how important blood donations are as her mother needed one when she underwent surgery for a double mastectomy.
“Blood connects all of us whether we’re in MI, whether we’re in Orlando, or across the world”.
Amanda Eccles, senior marketing coordinator at NHS Blood and Transplant, said: “These dedicated blood donors are very special to us, which is why this ceremony gives us the opportunity to say a real heartfelt thanks”. AB positive plasma also is considered a universal donor, and plasma is vital in assisting clotting.
While many have come forward to donate blood, gay men in Florida are prohibited from doing so.
On World Blood Donor Day, NHS Blood and Transplant is trying to highlight how donors across the country save lives such as Mr Ghelani’s every day.
Sweden’s blood service also shares its current blood stock levels to prompt people to donate.
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“Donor deferral for men who have sex with men was changed from lifetime to 12 months in 2011 but five years later it is time to look again at the question”.
