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It was 1987, when the LifeSource, Chicagoland's Blood Center established through the merger of the Blood Center of Northern Illinois and the Red Cross Blood Services – Mid America Region. It is a non-profit Corporation and the largest blood center in Illinois and distributes a half-million blood products annually to approximately 60 area hospitals in meeting the need for the patient transfusion therapy. They operates 23 donor centers, 2 mobile unit supported donor centers and conducts an average of 10 mobile blood drives daily. They also recruits donor, collect bone marrow, and draw blood to separate into useful components. |
