TRANSFUSION OF BLOOD
SCHEME FOR WAR-TIME
SERVICE
(From The Guardian's London
Correspondent)
LONDON, October 8
The British Red Cross is pushing forward with a scheme to ensure a blood transfusion service in the event of a war. It has been decided to start the construction of an underground concrete store, near Cheam, Surrey, from which all London hospitals could be supplied.
An outbreak of war, it is anticipated, Vould immediately put an end to the society's- present system, by which donors, available on rota, are sent in person to any hospital where a patient requires transfusion. Not only would many donors on the society's list be called up for national
service, but the restriction of transport would probably make it difficult for those available to reach the hospitals. Immediately an emergency arose an appeal would be made for blood donors to come to Cheam. About 200 would probably be required daily. London's 170 hospitals would telephone their needs each day to the Cheam headquarters. Distribution would be carried out by three lorries.
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Ellesmere Guardian, Volume LIX, Issue 87, 1 November 1938, Page 7
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