American Red Cross and Other U.S. Blood Centers Send Blood to Haiti

by Gary Kopycinski on February 3, 2010

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WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 03, 2010. As medical teams in Haiti continue to evaluate and treat the victims of the devastating earthquake, the American Red Cross is coordinating shipments of blood and blood products to Haiti at the request of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).

Today, the American Red Cross is coordinating the shipment of 350 units of blood to Haiti – 175 units of blood from the Red Cross and the other 175 units from America’s…