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Hospitals in need of plasma
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The "cares act."
If you've recovered from the coronavirus... hospitals need your "convalescent plasma."
Officials with a hoosier blood center say the demand for plasma is far greater than the supply.
It's topping our health alert this evening.
News 10 spoke with an expert at the "versiti blood center of indiana."
He says hospital demand for "convalescent plasma" is up by 50-percent from just a month ago.
This plasma is used to treat covid-19 patients.
Unfortunately... with a surge in hospitalizations... healthcare workers need more hoosiers -- who have recovered -- to donate their anti-body rich plasma as soon as possible.
"and it's for the first time since at the very beginning when we started, we are sending more products to hospitals than we are collecting each day."
"versiti" has locations across the
