San Antonio Community Hospital and American Red Cross hold blood drive

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SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY HOSPITAL AND AMERICAN RED CROSS HOLD FIRST BLOOD DRIVE EVENT TO CELEBRATE NEW PARTNERSHIP 
 

Upland, CA - February 3, 2009 - San Antonio Community Hospital and the American Red Cross will hold its first joint community blood drive on Thursday, February 5, 2009, from 7 am to 7 pm, in the hospital's Auditorium.   

The hospital has partnered with the American Red Cross for its ongoing blood drives, which encourage community members to make a difference and "donate life."  As part of this partnership, the Red Cross will work in collaboration with the hospital in an effort to help maintain a continuous blood supply for patients in the Inland Valley. 

San Antonio Community Hospital has long been recognized for its outstanding blood collection efforts, and is considered one of the most successful blood donor programs in the area.  Each year, the hospital requires more than 6,000 units of blood for its own patient transfusions, and is able to replace an average of 80% or more of that blood supply through their own blood drives, freeing up the American Red Cross to use its blood reserves for other patients, or disaster situations, without facing dangerous shortages.  In fact, community members support the hospital by donating blood at hospital blood drives, where the donations come back to directly help hospital patients.

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