The community is invited to answer the call of patients in need by donating blood on March 5 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Parkview Kosciusko Hospital.
American Red Cross donors care about helping patients, according to a news release from Parkview. They want donors to know how much they’re cared for by expanding health offerings to include free A1C testing (commonly used to screen for prediabetes and diabetes) for all who successfully give blood in March.
Test results will be available in one to two weeks through the Red Cross Blood Donor App or a donor’s account at RedCrossBlood.org.
To make an appointment or to learn more, download the American Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit RedCrossBlood.org and search parkviewkos, or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).
With more than 38 million people in the U.S. living with diabetes, and about 90% of cases being Type 2 diabetes, awareness and early detection are crucial. However, many people with prediabetes or early-stage Type 2 diabetes rarely have symptoms until the condition has advanced to the point of organ damage. This may explain why 8.7 million people in the U.S. have undiagnosed diabetes, and the majority of those with prediabetes are unaware of their condition. To learn more about this, visit redcrossblood.org/diabetes.
Donating blood is one of the simplest things a person can do to help save a patient’s life. For the hour it takes to give blood, there could be a whole community of people thankful for another birthday given to their loved one, the release states.