People Who Need Blood

People may need blood after a car accident, as part of their treatment for cancer or leukemia, or to treat blood disorders. Each whole blood donation can help as many as three hospital patients. Apheresis donors give their platelets or plasma to patients with serious conditions to reduce the likelihood of a patient contracting graft versus host disease.

Here are some people who live in the New York-Penn Region who needed, or who continue to need, blood.