Med Center Health blood bank asking people to consider donating during holidays

BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- Blood is urgently needed during the next couple of months. Med Center Health is asking the community to consider donating. 

During the holidays people are traveling and not thinking about donating. Also during the holidays more people are driving on the roads, and the number of accidents go up. 

Right now, the Med Center said they are okay on their blood supply. 

But, they want to get ahead of it.  Blood expires- it’s only good for 42 days after it’s collected. People can donate every eight weeks.  

“If you have a demand and there’s no supply, that’s when we run into shortages and really difficult decisions have to be made for patient care. It is a little painful, but I’m willing to take a little bit of pain for someone’s worst day,” said Technical Coordinator Lauren Nickel. 

Med Center Health gets their blood from the American Red Cross.