Hemet City Council hears appeal for more residents to donate blood in a national crisis
Type O+ and O- completely diminished
Hemet City Council members heard an urgent appeal during their Wednesday, Jan. 12, meeting from Susanne Bosewell, regional account manager of LifeStream Blood Bank, asking city residents to donate blood during a critical blood shortage.What was meant to be a proclamation and a presentation became a dire appeal by Bosewell for Hemet San Jacinto residents’ to donate blood. On the first and third Wednesdays each month, the bloodmobile is parked in front of the Hemet Public Library, 300 E. Latham St., in Hemet.Boswell said there are hospitals with people who are in immediate need of blood transfusions. She said they have virtually no Type O, either positive or negative, blood in the banks. Type O negative blood is the universal donor blood that c