Inspired by 10-year-old Uvalde survivor Mayah Zamora and the 1-year anniversary of the school shooting, superintendents and top administrators from San Antonio and surrounding areas gathered to donate blood at South Texas Blood & Tissue on Tuesday.
One of the pioneers of blood group science and blood transfusion was Ludwik Hirszfeld, a Polish physician, immunologist, and microbiologist born in 1884. Hirszfeld was Jewish and survived the Holocaust in Eastern Europe and even helped people through medicine in the Warsaw Ghetto.
It was the blood on the shelves that went to help Uvalde shooting victims SAN ANTONIO – On the day of the Uvalde tragedy one
Yvonne Ortega, Manager of Mobile Operations at South Texas Blood & Tissue, was 23 weeks pregnant with her first child when she felt sick and went to the emergency room.
Every April, South Texas Blood & Tissue celebrates National Donate Life Month with dedicated events, social media posts and commemorative activities to honor those who have given the ultimate gift of life and to encourage the community to register to be organ, eye, and tissue donors.
All blood donors will receive a Fiesta medal and bragging rights for their district For the fifth time since 2020, members of the San Antonio
Blood donation center to be relocated next to H-E-B Plus; M.G. & Lillie A. Johnson Foundation grant to fund new bloodmobile for area VICTORIA –
From an early age, David Menchaca’s creativity shone through in so much of what he did.
From learning to play violin at the age of 4 to creating Lego masterpieces, David was a musician, a writer, and most of all, he was known as a caring friend and an “advocate” to those around him.
Intentionally or not, we all leave behind pieces of ourselves during our lives that others remember us by – even after death.
While others are hitting the beaches or heading to theme parks, people like William Daugherty are needing blood transfusions as part of treatment for cancer.
EMS team, trauma doctor greet 10-year-old patient Besides meeting some of her blood donors, Uvalde shooting survivor Mayah Zamora and her parents also were reunited
Groundbreaking system provides 22-county safety net for trauma victims The whole-blood transfusion system saving trauma victims’ lives across South Texas is the product of cooperation
