Show Donors Give Pints In County Blood Drive Volunteer donors gave pints of blood Monday through the facilities of the Red Cross BlOOdmobile This was 14 pints short of the pint quota set for Uintah County Amelia Manker blood chair chair- chairman man for Uintah County ex- ex expressed expressed pressed her appreciation for the volunteer assistants who in the blood collection at the Vernal Armory building VOLUNTEERS HELP Physicians Dr Paul String String- ham Dr Paul Mountford and Dr Ray examined donors the ladles ladies club assisted in the blood draw draw- drawing drawing ing area and served refresh refresh- refreshments refreshments ments and the Uintah County nurses and Red Cross nurses aid group assisted with draw draw- drawing ing blood Janna Brown Diana Colobella la Jerri Zimmerman and Car olyn Cheshire from Uintah High School registered the vol donors Miss Manker explained that I Miss Manker explained that 60 pints of f the donated total were given as replacement blood by relatives and friends of persons who had been recipients recipients of blood transfusions BLOOD PERiSHABLE Francis Lenox Uintah County chapter chairman said that no charge harge is made for Red Cross blood given m to patients in Uin tah County Hospital How ever Mr Lenox continued the the processing storage and administration of whole blood and blood derivatives does cost money Blood is perishable and most most must be preserved bY the modern techniques to insure its usability Because of this Uintah C County Hospital under a cooperative agreement reimburses reimburses the Intermountain Red RedCross RedCross Cross Blood Center for a por- por portion portion tion of the collection cost pro ceasing and distribution costs The patient normally pays for this cost but not for the blood itself he said |