HENRY MAYO'S BLOOD SUPPLY CRITICALLY LOW.Byline: Holly Edwards Staff Writer VALENCIA - Hospitals throughout Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, are facing their worst blood shortage in decades, and Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital is no exception. Stores of blood at the hospital have dropped to dangerously low levels and hospital officials say they expect the shortfall to worsen during the holidays. ``The supply of blood drops Blood Drops is the seventh episode of the American crime drama which is set in Las Vegas, Nevada. It originally aired as Episode 7 of on November 17, 2000. Plot The CSIs arrive at a family residence where four people have been brutally stabbed. Mr. every year in late summer and during the holidays, but this was a very bad year for us,'' said Cindy Martin, supervisor of the hospital's blood bank. ``The problem is, we use a lot of blood in this area, but we're one of the lowest donating areas of the country.'' At its low point, she said, the hospital's blood supply dropped to 10 units. Generally, Martin said, the hospital keeps 26 units on hand. While no surgeries have been canceled at the hospital as a result of the shortage, she said some elective surgeries elective surgery Surgery Any operation that can be performed with advanced planning–eg, cholecystectomy, hernia repair, colonic resection, coronary artery bypass have been delayed while extra blood was brought in. Some hospitals, however, have had to cancel surgeries because of the blood shortage. On Tuesday, a blood drive was held at Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care organization, based in Oakland, California, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney R. Garfield. in Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, to replenish the hospital's blood supply at its primary facility in Woodland Hills. Kaiser has had to cancel some elective surgeries until the blood store is replenished, said Debby Driscoll, a nurse at the Santa Clarita facility. ``The Red Cross has told us we can't have any more blood unless it's an emergency,'' Driscoll said. ``Some family members of patients came in to give blood so their relatives could have surgery.'' Wearing black T-shirts reading ``got blood?,'' Driscoll and three other Kaiser staff members conducted Tuesday's blood drive at their clinic on Tourney tourney: see tournament. Road. One donor said she decided to participate in the blood drive because of the shortfall. ``If it was my turn and I needed blood, I hope someone would be there for me,'' said Alexandra Grieve grieve v. grieved, griev·ing, grieves v.tr. 1. To cause to be sorrowful; distress: It grieves me to see you in such pain. 2. of Castaic, an assistant at the internal medicine clinic. ``We hear about the blood shortage every day, and I thought this might help someone.'' |
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