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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1985)
You must be 18 years or older and weigh at least 110 lbs. to do nate blood. It only takes 10-20 minutes to actually donate blood. You can donate blood every 56 days (and it has been 14 weeks since our last blood drive so you can give again!) 5] Each Blood donation actually helps 5 people becasue the blood is fractionated into 5 components: •RED CELLS for surgery and childbirth •PLATELETS for cancer and leukemia patients •PLASMA for burn victims •FACTOR 8, Clotting Factor for hemopheliacs •BUFFYCOATS for Interferon production The blood you donate goes to help people all over Texas and across the U.S.A. Blood costs $30 per pint. This figure may be higher depending on the hospital. _8J Blood Processing (testing and cross matching) costs $35 per pint; however, most insurance poli cies cover this ex pense. __9| The Aggie Blood Club covers the blood costs (but not the processing fee) for all A&M students, fac ulty, staff, former stu dents, and all of their families. 10 Since Wadley does not serv ice St. Joseph or Humana Hospital, all blood bills, including the processing fee, are paid in full by Wadlsy at these hospitals. For more information, contact the Student Government office in the Pavilion room 222. RUDDER FOUNTAIN • PAVILION • COMMONS • SBISA THE 10 am-3 pm 10 am-6 pm 10 am-8 pm 10 am-6 pm BLOOD CENTER at Wadley FEBRUARY 18-21 APO Student Government OPA