Right now, Lifeblood needs 3,600 people to donate blood over the next week, in particular people who are A, B and O Positive and universal O Negative.
Lifeblood is also asking people to book a donation between Good Friday and Easter Monday to ensure an ongoing supply of blood and plasma for patients who will need it during the long weekend.
Lifeblood Executive Director Cath Stone said that despite record numbers of people donating blood and plasma, demand from hospitals is at its highest level in nearly a decade.
“We now have more donors than at any point in the past 10 years, however demand for all blood groups, especially O Negative continues to increase as hospitals catch up on surgeries post-pandemic.”
She said donors of all blood types were needed every day of the year, but that the blood groups being called for today made up about 90 per cent of the Australian population.
“Right now, we need 3,600 people to donate blood over the next week.”
To book, visit lifeblood.com.au, download the Donate Blood app or call 13 14 95.
