The Red Cross in Rochester says it’s facing a critical blood shortage and is issuing an emergency call for all types of donors.
Donations have fallen short of expectations for the past two months. The Red Cross says They’re short by about 61,000 donations and have seriously drawn down the regional bood supply. They have more than a dozen blood drives scheduled in the coming weeks all around the region trying to make up the shortfall.
They also say the weeks around Independence Day are the worst for trying to keep blood supplies up to date.