Stories from Canadian Blood Services

A lab assistant with red blood cells that are being filtered at Canadian Blood Services.
Innovation

Life on the Line: The Amazing Journey of Donated Blood

If you’ve ever given blood, perhaps you’ve wondered where your donation went. Maybe you imagined that plump little bag travelling right to the bedside of a patient in hospital. But the reality is even more amazing.

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Ty Armatage
Inspiration

The need goes on #6: Fighting childhood leukemia

Ty Armatage could need blood products at any time, including during the COVID-19 pandemic

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The need goes on #5: Stepping up for a child with a special need
Inspiration

The need goes on #5: Stepping up for a child with a special need

Special plasma eye drops for a child with a rare condition

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Dr. Isra Levy appeared on CBC Radio’s Ottawa Morning to talk about the need for blood during COVID-19 and measures to protect donors, staff and volunteers
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Donating blood during the pandemic

Dr. Isra Levy appeared on CBC Radio’s Ottawa Morning to talk about the need for blood during COVID-19 and measures to protect donors, staff and volunteers

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Doctors bracing for the impact of COVID-19 are finding time to give blood and encourage others to do the same.
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Health-care workers helping to prevent blood shortages

Doctors bracing for the impact of COVID-19 are finding time to give blood and encourage others to do the same

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The need goes on #4: Stem cells to save a life
Inspiration

The need goes on #4: Stem cells to save a life

She’s still alive thanks to the generosity of stem cell, blood and plasma donors

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Brock Powell rang this bell to signal the end of cancer treatment, during which he also received blood products.
Inspiration

The need goes on #3: Surviving a bleeding disorder and cancer

Brock Powell has relied on blood transfusions most of his life

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