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Cape Cod Hospital: 'Urgent' Need For O Negative Blood Donors
Cape Cod Hospital said it has less than a one-day supply of O negative blood available.
BARNSTABLE, MA — Cape Cod Hospital is in "urgent" need of O negative blood donors. The hospital said Thursday it has less than a one-day supply of the blood type available.
O negative blood donors are considered "universal" donors because the blood can be used for those with other blood types.
"This puts O Negative donors in the unique position to help people who are in critical need of blood," hospital officials said in a statement.
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The hospital's blood donor center is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Appointments can be made at capecodhealth.org/give-blood.
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