Blood Shortage

Thank goodness crime is down or we'd have a big problem on our hands:

• There is a real emergency for a county hospital emergency room. The uptick in violence is literally draining the blood supply.
  
  
• The blood bank showed us the eight units of O-negative blood that are left. Only three of the units are designated for trauma patients, though. Any more outbreaks of violence on the streets pose a threat here.
  
  "Tonight we may be in a very tough situation," Dr. Dennis said. "Because we're that short on O-negative blood."
  
  O-negative is the universal donor type and anyone can accept it when seconds count.

We, along with others, have noticed the BloodMobile popping up at Districts and cruising the Medical Districts on the south and west sides looking for donations on the street. The local hospitals are stretched way too thin in terms of blood supplies due to the surge in aggravated batteries that don't seem to be reported in the news too often. A nurse friend said that her hospital has been canceling elective surgeries to keep from using blood supplies.

It's amazing how cops seem to be able to connect all the dots that the media can't. Or won't.