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City blood bank supplies low - AM New York

City blood supplies have dropped to dangerously low levels, raising concern that hospitals do not have enough blood to cope with a major emergency, blood donation officials warn.

"We are down to a one-day supply in some of the critical areas like Type O Negative," said Robert L. Jones, president of the New York Blood Center. "When it gets down to that point hospitals feel like they don't have enough even for routine procedures."

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