LifeServe Blood Center has sent about 100 units of blood products to the Nebraska area to help fill some of the void created after a different blood collection group had their collection efforts disrupted by a ransomware attack.
Danielle West, Regional Vice President of LifeServe, says the attack on New York Blood Center Enterprises comes at a time when the nation’s blood supply is already critically low due to extreme weather, natural disasters and other ongoing crises. She says LifeServe is asking all of their eligible blood donors to give blood at their local blood drives in order to help replenish the supply of blood products that have been sent to NYBCe.
To find a LifeServe Blood Center blood drive in your area, go to lifeservebloodcenter.org or call 800-287-4903. Each donation can save up to three lives.
LifeServe provides blood products to 175 hospitals primarily in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and Illinois. NYBCe has community-based blood centers in Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri and Wisconsin.
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