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Wa dley Blood Bank v /0 Sirnms )
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Cary &iflts
Simm
ible Lead: Wadley Blood Bank of DalIl.s is far oelow the
inimum numbei QZ jpints requie $dl~a4hm
numbers a- 5t JuIr e& approacnes.
Channel Five's Cary Simms reports:
s v/0 Film: Dr. Norwood Hill, medical director for the bank
says the minimum r~ quired number~ of pints is 1,000 but
today the bank was ab-ut 30u sh.ort of that number.
4Hill saiu sumiuer is awayy. s-ow for the blodd bank business
but this su~mier am to have brought a greater
shortage than previous summers.; Most common are the
o anid a positi e type sbu t vuay th e ba 1k head only
57 of the 250 needed.) Wadley needs to tale in l140 pints
per day but d''rin;; tie past woe to ten days tue count
has been loss than l00....Th. result i2 the bank c-rrently
ha s more demands t han s to ck.
Hill said theres always concern going into a weekend
like~ th.e fourt because you know your not going to get
the d notions you need but when tLhe banks as low as it
currently S tne concern grows.
In an effort to meet the demndn the bank will rema...n
open in it' s tempora ry qu ters a t 9,OQO ha rrs hint s
through andu incluun. July fourth fro.m 8:30 to 7:00.
Th. bank provides 70% 0; blood requirements in the
DaiLls area w ichi inc2Ludes providing se...v te tu 30 hospitass
7 Cary Simm. Channe. Five News Da...s.
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Blood], script, June 30, 1972, 6:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1545237/m1/3/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.