Blood Donations
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Urgent call for blood donations in Peterborough as supply critically lowOver the next four weeks, Canadian Blood Service's clinic in Peterborough needs 344 people to give blood. A special mobile clinic is scheduled Oct. 2 at Trent University.HealthSep 25, 2023
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‘An incredible service’: West Island blood centre holds open house to encourage donationsHema-Québec says summer donations are vital. Last month they were calling for 500 additional weekly donations. Especially from those with O positive and negative blood types.CanadaAug 10, 2023
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Meet an Ontario man going ‘all in all the time’ when it comes to giving bloodIt was less than five years ago that Dan Polischuk made his first blood donation but the Kitchener man is set to mark a milestone Tuesday when he gives blood for a 50th time.CanadaAug 4, 2023
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Saskatoon morning news rewind: Monday, July 10Here's a look back on who was on 'Global News Morning Saskatoon' for Monday, July 10.Jul 10, 2023
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‘Let’s do this together’: Okanagan company encouraging others to donate plasmaPlasma makes up 55 per cent of blood and is used to make life-saving medication to treat a variety of diseases.HealthMar 22, 2023
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Health Canada approves Héma-Québec’s gender-neutral questionnaire for blood donationsThe change to Héma-Québec's questionnaire means nixing the current three-month exclusion period for men who have sex with other men.CanadaSep 7, 2022
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Donors needed: Canadian blood donations at decade low due to COVID-19 pandemicCanadian Blood Services says it is struggling to replenish a critically low national supply caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.HealthJun 13, 2022
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Lifetime ban for sex workers donating blood should be scrapped: Canadian Blood ServicesThe blood-donation service this month recommended to Health Canada that it abolish the lifetime ban on donation by people who have taken money or drugs in exchange for sex.HealthMay 27, 2022
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Canadian Blood Services issues urgent call for donationsNational inventory for blood is down 25 per cent since the start of April, and hundreds of appointments for blood donation remain open across Atlantic Canada.CanadaMay 17, 2022
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Blood donation ban on men who have sex with men can end: Health CanadaThe move from Health Canada officially greenlights a policy change by Canadian Blood Services that officials said is expected by Sept. 30, 2022.HealthApr 28, 2022
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