By rdnewsNOW staff

Urgent need for blood donors before Labour Day

Aug 15, 2018 | 7:13 AM

OTTAWA- With many blood donors away or busy with summer activities, Labour Day weekend will be a particularly challenging time for Canadian Blood Services to collect blood. 

More than 22,000 donors are urgently needed across Canada by August 26.

In Red Deer, more than 400 donors are needed.

The donations will help ensure the national blood inventory can meet patient needs for the rest of summer. 

 “While Canadians enjoy summer pastimes leading up to and during the last long weekend of the season, we’re urging them to add blood donation to their plans,” says Rick Prinzen, Canadian Blood Services’ chief supply chain officer and vice-president of donor relations.

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 All donors are urged to get involved, particularly donors with Type O blood.

O-negative blood is always in demand by hospitals because it is the only type compatible with all other blood types.

In an emergency, when seconds count and there is no time to check blood type, patients receive O-negative blood.   

Visit blood.ca download our GiveBlood app or call 1-888-2-DONATE to find a nearby donation site. 

According to the Canadian Blood Services website, there are no blood donor clinics scheduled in Grande Prairie in the next two-plus years.

The closest donor clinics to the Peace Region are scheduled for Edmonton. There are also clinics set for Lethbridge and Calgary. 

– with files from Curtis Galbraith