South Texas Blood & Tissue and blood centers across the world have partnered with Who is Hussain to increase blood donations and awareness through this global, one-day event.
Cancer treatments and cancer itself can lead patients to require blood and platelet transfusions to save their lives.
Less than a one-day type O blood supply available for patients across South Texas
Your whole blood donation with us will be separated into three major “components” or parts – red cells, platelets and plasma
Dramatic drops in blood donations by younger and first-time donors in South Texas, combined with a rapidly growing population and the current surge of COVID-19 cases, have left the region facing an unprecedented blood shortage.
South Texas Blood & Tissue working with medical community to manage critically low supply
South Texas patients need donors to make up dramatic shortfall in donations during holidays.
Don’t wait until disaster strikes your family to be reminded that we all live here together and we may have to rely on the generosity of people we will never meet for the privilege to continue to live.
Jillian Williams, who was featured in 2017 as an STBTC advocate for blood donations while undergoing cancer treatment, is coming home from the Paralympics in Tokyo with a gold medal.
Greg has needed multiple blood transfusions throughout his life.
A visit to the doctor for a suspected pulled muscle resulted in a positive COVID-19 test.
The South Texas Blood & Tissue Center needs an additional 200 blood donations a day to keep up with the region’s growing needs for transfusions.