DREXEL HILL, Pa. –Delaware County Memorial Hospital, in conjunction with the American Red Cross, will sponsor a blood drive on Tuesday, Jan. 26 from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. in Meeting Rooms A & C of the hospital, located at 501 N. Lansdowne Avenue, Drexel Hill. To make an appointment to donate, please call (610) 284-8630.

The blood drive is part of the hospital’s longstanding commitment to the American Red Cross, to which it has donated nearly 3,000 units of blood since 1992.

Most healthy people who are at least 17 years old and weigh 110 pounds or more are eligible to donate every 56 days. Donors can give blood at any one of nearly 200 bloodmobiles sponsored by business and community groups in southeastern Pennsylvania and in New Jersey weekly, or at one of nine community donor centers.

Make your donation go farther by becoming a double red cell donor. If you are committed to donating blood and an eligible type O or B donor, double red cell donation may be ideal for you. Each procedure lets you give more of the product that is needed most by patients. Even though double red cell donation takes about thirty minutes longer than a whole blood donation, you only have to donate approximately every four months, instead of every 56 days, which is recommended for a whole blood donation. In addition to meeting other whole blood donor qualifications, you must also meet specific criteria for donating double red cells. Males must have a hemoglobin level of at least 13.3, must weigh at least 130 lbs. and be at least 5’1”. Women must have a hemoglobin level of at least 13.3, must weigh at least 150 lbs. and be at least 5’5”.

For information about double red cell donations, call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE or visit http://pleasegiveblood.org.

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