{"id":362967,"date":"2026-06-16T16:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T16:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/362967\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T16:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T16:52:08","slug":"central-california-blood-center-urgently-needs-o-negative-donors-critically-low","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/362967\/","title":{"rendered":"Central California Blood Center urgently needs O-negative donors; &#8220;critically low&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CALIFORNIA (FOX26) \u2014 The Central California Blood Center is urgently seeking O-negative blood donors after supplies dropped to less than a one-day inventory.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say O-negative blood is especially critical because it can be given to patients of any blood type during emergencies. <\/p>\n<p>It is commonly used for trauma patients, emergency surgeries, and newborns receiving care in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs).<\/p>\n<p>[RELATED] <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/lees-air-launches-free-ice-cream-truck-tour-asks-fresno-residents-to-pick-stops\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lee\u2019s Air launches free ice cream truck tour, asks Fresno residents to pick stops<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Without immediate donations, hospitals across the region could face challenges maintaining adequate supplies for emergency care.<\/p>\n<p>Eligible donors are encouraged to make an appointment as soon as possible at a Central California Blood Center donor center or mobile blood drive. <\/p>\n<p>For more information, you can visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donateblood.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">donateblood.org<\/a> or by call 559-389-5433.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>The blood center is also offering donor incentives, including chances to win K1 Speed passes, Fresno Grizzlies tickets, and admission to select APCAL Rock\u2019n Ranch events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CALIFORNIA (FOX26) \u2014 The Central California Blood Center is urgently seeking O-negative blood donors after supplies dropped to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362968,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-362967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}