Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Important: Giving Blood or Platelets?

Please read if you have signed up or are planning to sign up to give blood or platelets.

From the Sloan Blood Bank:

EZRA FINEMAN Needs Blood

3 year old Ezra is currently a patient at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. His treatment will require regular blood and platelet transfusions.  Ezra's blood type is currently O+ (it will change to his donor's blood type later on).  For platelets, you can be any blood type. Family Members: for complicated medical reasons, you can NOT donate if you are a blood relation on either side.

Ezra and his family would deeply appreciate your donation of blood and/or platelets and requests you ask others you know to donate. Donations not used by Ezra will be released for use by other patients many of whom are children.

To benefit Ezra all designated donations must be made in the Blood Donor Room of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Please visit www.mskcc.org/blooddonations for complete information about donor eligibility and the donation process for blood or platelets.

For answers to questions and to schedule an appointment that is convenient for you please Contact:
Mary Thomas 212-639-3335
Donor Relations Specialist
thomasfm@mskcc.org

The Blood Donor Room 212-639-7648
1250 First Avenue (between 67th/68th Streets) NYC - Schwartz Building lobby
Open Every Day
Fri Sat Sun Mon 8:30am - 3:00pm
Tues Wed Th 8:30am - 7:00pm
The process for donating whole blood takes approximately1hour
The process for donating platelets takes about 2 hours
Appointments are necessary- All blood types are acceptable

FREE Donor Parking -
-Somerset Parking Garage, 1365 York Avenue entrance on 72nd Street, N.W.corner

2 comments:

  1. Im on it!!
    I have sent this to my NY network to get the word out. Hoping it will result in some donations.

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  2. Memorial Sloan also has their own parking lot on 66th between 1st and York. Parking if free for donors - just remember to get a parking voucher from the Blood donor room.

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