Blood Assurance and the Stones River Hospital will be hosting a blooddrive today, The bloodmobile will be in the parking lot of the hospital
on Doolittle Road.
To be eligible to donate, a person has to be at least 17 years of age,
weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good health.
The process takes around a half hour and includes a snack and t-shirt.
Donors are asked to drink plenty of fluids, avoid caffeine and eat a meal
that is rich in iron.
As the regional blood center, Blood Assurance is the only provider of
blood components to more than 50 hospitals and healthcare facilities
throughout Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee. Blood
Assurance is the exclusive provider of all blood products to several
hospitals in the Southern Middle Tennessee area including Stones River
Hospital.
Each blood donation has the potential to benefit up to three patients in
need. Visitors at the blood drive will be eligible to register for the
Blood Assurance monthly giveaway. Participants can submit one entry per
person per day
The times for donation today will be from 11 this morning till 4 this
afternoon.
