Call for blood donors

Prague hospitals have issued a call for individuals to donate blood as soon as possible, since mid-way through the summer supplies are running thin. In the summer, blood shortages often occur because individual donations decrease, along with the number of organizations that are able to sponsor blood drives, Czech Radio among them. Donors of all blood types are welcome, but there is an urgent need for type A positive, A negative and O negative blood donors. In view of the swine flu people returning from abroad have been asked to wait a week before donating blood.