Doctors at Riverside University Medical Center joined Riverside County supervisors recently in appealing to residents countywide to donate blood amid a drastic shortage that could cost lives.“Blood is a miracle drug, bringing patients who are on the brink of death back to life,” Dr. Michael Mesisca, a physician at the county hospital, told the county Board of Supervisors Tuesday, Jan. 25, just ahead of a blood drive at the County Administrative Center in downtown Riverside. “We have a fragile infrastructure with no major storage or reserve for blood. The crisis that has developed over the last four to six months has been truly alarming.”Mesisca said hospitals and trauma centers throughout the county have been scrambling to restore depleted blood stocks, with units of produ
