An 11-year-old patient celebrates her 100th blood transfusion at St. Luke’s Hospital. Hannah has beta thalassemia, a blood disorder caused when the body doesn’t make enough of a protein called hemoglobin. When there isn’t enough hemoglobin, the body’s red blood cells don’t function properly and there are fewer healthy red
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Blood donations save lives, says Quebec mom as dedicated donors honoured in Sherbrooke
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Oct
Nellie Grenier, the mother of a nine-year-old girl in Sherbrooke, Que., says blood product donations not only saved her daughter as a baby but also ensured she can enjoy a typical childhood. Her daughter, Justine, has a genetic disease known as Diamond-Blackfan anemia, where the bone marrow fails to produce
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‘The more I donate, the more people I help’: Donors, staff recognized at local blood center
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Oct
“There are so many people, you hear it every day on the radio or TV, that they need blood, and now, especially since Covid hit, they need it even … Read Full Article