Community Blood Center of the Ozarks has issued a Code Yellow Alert for A negative and O negative blood types. There is currently less than a two-day supply of this type on hospital shelves and donations are needed immediately.
In Bella Vista, there will be a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at the Highlands United Methodist Church, 371 Glasgow Road.
Donors to CBCO provide all of the blood for patients at 37 area hospitals. On average, a transfusion takes place every seven minutes. It takes around 230 donations each day to meet the area's blood needs.
To be eligible to give blood, you must weigh at least 110 pounds, be in good health, and present a valid photo ID. For more information, please visit our website at www.cbco.org, or call toll-free 1-800-280-5337.
-- Special to The Weekly Vista
General News on 02/25/2015