Despite FDA regulations, fatalities do occur as a result of blood transfusions. According to the FDA’s annual summary for 2012, there were 65 reported transfusion-related, or potentially related, fatalities. This was more than the 58 fatalities recorded in 2011 and the 64 recorded in 2010. Of the fatalities from 2008 through 2012, 37 percent were […]
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Blood Business
May 20, 2014 by
Blood is taken from volunteers and given without hesitation to those who need it, but there’s a lot of money exchanged within the seemingly simple process. University Medical Center, a non-profit hospital in Lubbock, spent $3.2 million for donated blood products in 2013. This included purchasing basic red blood cells that are used to carry […]
Precinct 3 County Commissioner Lorenzo Sedeño Hopes To Improve 'Home'
January 25, 2013 by
After winning the seat for Lubbock County Commissioner of Precinct 3 on Nov. 6, Lorenzo Sedeño received a phone call from a secretary in the Lubbock County Clerk’s Office. When he answered the phone, the secretary called him ‘commissioner,’ and before the secretary could say anything else, the newly elected commissioner said, “Please, call me […]
