Canadian Blood Services is encouraging Greater Sudbury residents to book appointments to give blood to make sure patients continue to receive the blood they need this summer.
Over the next four weeks, the agency is anticipating that hospitals will need more blood that it can collect.
Summer is a particularly challenging time of year to collect blood since donors change their routines, take vacations, travel and are distracted with outdoor activities. Meanwhile, the need for blood does not take a summer vacation.
Cancer treatments continue, additional people on the roads and waterways and more trauma and hospital patients continue to rely on a steady supply of blood.
For more information about donating blood, call Canadian Blood Services at 1-888-236-6283.
Sudbury Blood Donor Clinic Hours
Mondays - 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Tuesdays - 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Wednesdays - 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Thursdays - 8:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Fridays - 8:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
