South Central Regional Medical Center recognizes the month of January as National Blood Donor Month.

Why Should You Donate Your Blood?
Supply: About 60 percent of the population is eligible to donate, yet less than four percent actually do.
Demand: Every three seconds, someone needs a blood transfusion; at least 500 pints of blood must be collected every day to meet the needs of patients in our area.
Impact: One pint of blood from one donor can save up to three lives.
Age: 20 percent of blood recipients are children—many are cancer patients.
Safety: The blood donation procedure is 100 percent safe.
Convenience: The procedure takes about 45 minutes.
Affordability: Blood donation is 100 percent free.

To donate blood locally, please visit the Cameron Center at 711 North 10th Avenue in Laurel from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. For more information, please call 601-270-5051 or visit unitedbloodservices.org.

United Blood Services is proud to be South Central Regional Medical Center blood provider.