A blood drive to help people living with the inherited blood disorder sickle cell anemia was held in Brockton on Friday.
“This is a matter of life and death,” says Michael Hendricks, whose wife lives with sickle cell anemia, a blood disorder that results in an abnormality in the oxygen-carrying protein found in red blood cells.
“Unfortunately, the blood cells don’t stay in their original form… because of that, they’re deprived of oxygen, and it does cause pain throughout the body,” says Hendricks.
For some, it’s a lifelong struggle, so volunteers in Brockton are asking for help.
“When you donate blood one pint of blood, one donation of blood can save about four different people’s lives,” says Hendricks.
Friday’s blood drive – organized by the Red Cross, Brockton NAACP and Sickle Cell Warriors – welcomed volunteers hoping to give back.
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