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-- Allison Klein
blood shortage
Red Cross and Police Appeal for Donations
The American Red Cross and the D.C. police department made a joint plea yesterday for blood donations.
The Red Cross said some area hospitals have a two- to three-day supply of blood, while others have as little as a half-day supply. Hospitals like to have a three- to five-day supply, officials said.
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) issued a special request for donations from African Americans, who make up 13 percent of the country's population but just 2 percent of blood donors, she said.
-- Allison Klein
