Lee Health seeks blood donations
Lee Health is seeking blood donations to help replenish supply levels. Current blood supplies are critically low, and Lee Health’s blood centers are in urgent need of donors.
As home to the region’s only trauma center, it is vital that the system’s blood supply remains at healthy levels in order to quickly care for patients needing an urgent transfusion. Blood and blood products are not only used in the trauma center, but also to treat cancer patients, premature babies, anemia and a variety of other conditions.
Lee Health’s blood centers are the sole supplier of all blood products for the entire health system. About 800 units of blood are needed per week, and the blood centers rely on life to saving donations from the community to maintain inventory levels.
The Lee Health Blood Mobile will be at the following locations:
– Today, July 20: 4th Annual Jobbers-Miller Blood Drive at Lee Memorial Hospital, at 2776 Cleveland Ave., from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
– July 21: 4th Annual Jobbers-Miller Blood Drive at Fort Myers Police Department, at 2210 Widman Way, Fort Myers, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
– July 22: Page Field Base Ops & Lee Flight, at 5200 Captain Channing Page Drive, Fort Myers; call 239-343-2333 for times
– July 25: Midwest Food Bank Florida, at 5601 Division Drive, Fort Myers, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
– July 26: SalusCare, at 3763 Evans Ave., Fort Myers, from 8 to 11:30 a.m.
– July 26: Lee Health Cardiology, at 13340 Metro Parkway, Fort Myers, from 1 to 4 p.m.
– July 26: CMR Construction & Roofing, at 24850 Old 41 Road, Bonita Springs, from 1 to 4 p.m.
– July 27: Club Square, at 4646 S.E. 10th Place, Cape Coral, from 8 a.m. to noon
– July 27: Marine Concepts, at 2443 S.W. Pine Island Road, Cape Coral, from 1 to 4 p.m.
– July 27: The New Resident’s Club at Lake Kennedy Center, at 400 Santa Barbara Blvd., Cape Coral, from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
All blood donated at Lee Health stays within the system to care for patients in Southwest Florida. If unable to attend a drive, donations can also be made at one of Lee Health’s blood centers.
For more information on how and where to donate, visit https://www.leehealth.org/our-services/blood-centers.