What is Double Red Cell Donation?

What is Double Red Cell Donation?

Did you know that there are different ways that you can donate blood? The most common method for donating is whole blood donation. While whole blood donation is needed, there is another form of blood donation that can help even more...
Sponsor Spotlight: Mimmo’s Pizza

Sponsor Spotlight: Mimmo’s Pizza

Here at South Bend Medical Foundation, we have many wonderful partners that help us provide services to the community. We would like to spotlight Mimmo’s Pizza as one of our valuable partners. We spoke with Mimmo’s Pizza’s owner and founder, Blake Schirripa about how...
The History of Blood Donations in America

The History of Blood Donations in America

The history of blood transfusions is a long and intriguing one that stretches back thousands of years in surprising and fascinating ways. Let’s learn more about the history of blood donations. Humans have been connecting the relationship between blood and overall...
The Importance of Blood Donations

The Importance of Blood Donations

Every day, tens of thousands of people need donated blood and blood products to keep them healthy or even stay alive. Every year in the US alone, 21 million blood components are transfused: blood is needed every two seconds. For some, that would be enough to schedule...