TIME TO GIVE
The Worst Blood Shortage in a Decade
And you can’t get blood from a stone
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5 min readFeb 25, 2022
My friend Marsha calls a special number at the hospital every three weeks to listen to the outgoing message. The outgoing message changes every day. If she hears her code, DM55, then she knows they have her blood available and she can go in for her transfusion.