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inside Local Blood Donor Clinics

this week

Coming To An End
Canadian Blood Services
Cutting Westman Services
Rodeo By HILLARY CAMPBELL
Looking I t is a sad day, when
something as impor-
For Help
7 tant as blood donation is
removed from a commu-
nity. The Canadian Blood
Services site in Brandon
is being closed down, its
last day being on June
8th, 2017. What this
means for Minnedosa, as
well as 10 other rural ar-
eas in Westman, is that
the mobile blood unit
will no longe r come to
the community. The last
New Boat day that the mobile unit
will be in Minn edosa for a
blood donor clinic will be
Launch May 30th.
Canadian Blood Services
(CBS), told The Tribune
that, the decision to
close the Brandon per-
manent location at the
Town Centre was made
on a number of factors,
which includ e the num-
ber of units collected, the
labour and transportation
costs, the distance to the
nearest production site,
and the need to operate
an efficient blood system.
There are currently
only two permanent CBS
sites in Manitoba, one of
which is about to close .
This will leave only one
permanent site, in Win-
nipeg. I dont see this as

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The reason for the
Coming closure is still a question
on the minds of the 17
staff members who will
be out of work as a re-
sult. Michelle Gawron-
sky, from The Manitoba
Government and Gen-
Youth eral Employees Union
(MGEU) commented
Bowling that, we dont know why.
Weve been aski ng, and
so far havent gotten a ain, Killarney, Minnedo-
Champs
5
response back. They are
saying they dont have and Hamiota.
enough going through,
being a plus for anyone,
said Gawronsky, I cer-
tainly dont see it as being
a benefit to the blood ser-
vices, they are const antly
saying that they are short
of suppl y.
In addition to the per-
manent site closing, the
communities that will be
losing their mobile ser-
vices are Shilo, Boiss ev-
Photo by Hillary Campbell
sa, Glenboro, Dauphin
Mobile Blood Donor Clinics depend not only on the support of donors

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