Blood donors step up to help save over 90 lives

Hartley area blood donors who participated in the drive on Dec. 30 saved over 93 local lives.

In addition to collecting regular blood products, LifeServe Blood Center is helping COVID-19 patients that are in the hospital with a product called Convalescent Plasma (CCP). This product helps with the recovery of COVID-19 patients that are not doing well. The only way LifeServe can get CCP is through donors who have recovered from COVID-19 and carry the antibodies in their plasma.

Four convalescent plasma units were collected during the Hartley blood...