Stories: Canadian Blood Services
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Health-care workers helping to prevent blood shortages
March 23, 2020
Doctors bracing for the impact of COVID-19 are finding time to give blood and encourage others to do the same.
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The need goes on #5: Stepping up for a child with a special need
March 24, 2020
Special plasma eye drops for a child with a rare condition
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The need goes on #6: Fighting childhood leukemia
March 25, 2020
Ty Armatage could need blood products at any time, including during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The need goes on #7: A motorcycle accident
March 27, 2020
Jerry Vrabic thanks “the unknown heroes” who saved his life.
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New eligibility requirements for donors in response to COVID-19
March 30, 2020
Criteria took effect March 29 and more updates will likely follow during the pandemic as our knowledge of the virus evolves.
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Donated plasma lifts patient from ‘rock bottom’ to top student
March 31, 2020
For her first 18 years, Cayleigh Kearns continually suffered from ear, sinus and respiratory infections, and was often hospitalized with pneumonia.
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Join us for Green Shirt Day and National Organ & Tissue Donation Awareness Week
April 3, 2020
Register. Tell your family. Be inspired.
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The need goes on #8: Plasma to save a toddler’s life
April 3, 2020
Without medication made from a blood component, self-isolation would be the norm for Mavrik Hampe
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The need goes on #9: Blood to sustain an active 4-year-old
April 7, 2020
In a pandemic, Khoen’s need for blood doesn’t just go on; it goes up.
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#TogetherApart to give blood in St. John’s
April 7, 2020
Members of the Muslim community in Newfoundland and Labrador are supporting Canada’s Lifeline during the COVID-19 pandemic