The hospital, on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, is experiencing a critical shortage of both O-positive and O-negative blood, according to medical officials.
Blood donations are used to treat injured service members in war zones and at the hospital, Maj. Erica Robinson, 88th Medical Group chief of blood services at the base hospital, told Dayton Daily News.
The medical center needs 44 units a week to meet quota. Anyone with a Department of Defense ID card — including members of the military and civil service, retirees, contractors and dependents — can donate blood at the facility, said Maj. Robinson.
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