Blood center gets creative during pandemic

When faced with the lowest of lows, SunCoast Blood Centers turned to a donate at home option.

  • By Amanda Postma
  • | 5:00 a.m. September 15, 2022
In response to a drop in donors during the pandemic, Suncoast Blood Centers added a service for residents to donate from their homes. Scott Bush, pictured, says each van costs about $50,000. (Photo by Lori Sax)
In response to a drop in donors during the pandemic, Suncoast Blood Centers added a service for residents to donate from their homes. Scott Bush, pictured, says each van costs about $50,000. (Photo by Lori Sax)
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Before the pandemic, blood donors were hard to come by. But when 2020 rolled around, they were even more scarce. “In 2020, we didn’t have blood drives,” Scott Bush, CEO, says, “but surgeries were still happening.” 

 

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