Hunter residents are being urged to give much-needed blood to keep fridges stocked for the long weekend.
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Red Cross Blood Donor Service spokesperson Jemma Falkenmire said centres at Maitland and Newcastle needed about 200 donors during the October long weekend to keep up with forecast demand.
“The component of blood that’s used to treat cancer patients has a short shelf-life of only five days,” she said.
Nick Bielby
Nick Bielby is a crime reporter who has worked as a journalist since 2011. Having joined the Newcastle Herald in 2017, he won a Walkley Award in 2019 with Donna Page for their investigation 'Dirty Deeds', which exposed the decades of illegal dumping of toxic material in and around a Hunter waterway.
Nick Bielby is a crime reporter who has worked as a journalist since 2011. Having joined the Newcastle Herald in 2017, he won a Walkley Award in 2019 with Donna Page for their investigation 'Dirty Deeds', which exposed the decades of illegal dumping of toxic material in and around a Hunter waterway.
