Always a demand for life-saving blood

Yet, as health care professionals know too well, all blood types are needed.

We were heartened to learn that Fairbanks residents donated enough blood last Wednesday at the Blood Bank of Alaska’s LIFEmobile at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital (FMH) to save 100 lives. However, the majority of donors were employees, and they know all too well that having blood supplies on hand can mean the difference between a patient living and dying. One employee told a News-Miner reporter she donates because “It’s the Alaska way.”