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Hospital Blood Drive Nets 71 Units
Prepared by: Steve Wong Upstate Carolina Medical Center Marketing Phone 864-487-1515
The community drive was held Tuesday, April 17, 10 a.m. until 7 p.m., in a bloodmobile in the hospitals front parking lot. Piedmont Blood Center actually drew the blood. ’The blood supply has been and still is critical,’ Glenda C. Cartee, the Blood Centers Director, said. ’Tuesday was a BIG help, but because the shortage has been so bad, the supply is still not up to where it needs to be. We are so THANKFUL for that wonderful drive.’ ’I am so appreciative for all the EMT's, firemen, policemen and citizens who turned out in honor of Evans Hiatt,’ she said. ’What a wonderful tribute to Mr. Hiatt, who is such a deserving person and who has helped so many people in this world. I know he must feel honored. Even through his tragedy, he is still helping people by allowing people to donate blood in his honor, and for that we are so grateful. It's so good to see people sewing seeds of kindness by donating blood instead of the seeds of violence, which seem to be dominating our world lately.’ Hiatt, who is a paramedic with the Spartanburg emergency system, was recently injured in a car incident and needed several units of blood. His wife Karan Hiatt is also a paramedic but with EMS in Gaffney. ’This was a very successful blood drive,’ hospital marketing director Steve Wong said. ’The credit for the success goes to the hospitals EMS. They were the men and women who made the countless one-on-one contacts with the donors. It was also their idea to have the drive in Hiatts honor. This is a great example of supporting our own.’ Upstate Carolina normally has two community blood drives each year: one in the spring; one in the fall.
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