Emergency need for blood, platelet donations
Phlebotomist Colbie Hayes prepares to obtain platelets from Zoie Cloutier Monday at Vitalant.
Blood supplies often dip during the summer months, when the need for donations often goes up, causing emergency need like the one that northern Idaho is currently undergoing.
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Phlebotomist Colbie Hayes prepares to obtain platelets from Zoie Cloutier Monday at Vitalant. Blood supplies often dip during the summer months, when the need for donations often goes up, causing emergency need like the one that northern Idaho is currently undergoing.
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Cindy Rogers, of Priest River, and Alice Reber, of Oldtown, rest after giving blood and platelets Monday at Vitalant. The two made the drive to Coeur d'Alene to help support the local blood supply.
"I’ve donated 11 gallons of blood in my lifetime," Rogers said.
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COEUR d’ALENE — Zoie Cloutier had never donated blood or platelets before, but when she heard there was a shortage in the local supply, she made it a point to spend her Monday afternoon at Vitalant....