Blood bank
Hospitals say blood shortages will delay operations
Shortages of blood have intensified over the summer, sources say, with some hospitals finding themselves obliged to postpone scheduled operations.
Evangelismos, the capital's largest hospital, is a case in point. According to the head of the workers' union, Ilias Sioras, the situation at Evangelismos is critical.
Serbia to set up four blood distribution centres, reproductive cell bank
BELGRADE - Under the new law on transfusion medicine, passed by the Serbian parliament on Tuesday, the country's 47 hospital blood banks for transfusion services will be replaced by four centres that will be authorised for blood collection, processing, testing and distribution.
Blood banks running low, warns Cooley's anemia group
Patients who depend on frequent blood transfusions are getting restricted doses because of shortages at Greece's blood banks, the Association of Cooley's Anemia Sufferers has warned.