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Blood shortage causing surgery delays in TX

By KSAT - ABC TV  
   July 29, 2016

A blood shortage has led to delayed surgeries, according to the South Texas Blood and Tissue Center. The normal summer shortage has been compounded by complications with the Zika virus, a spokesperson for the Blood and Tissue Center said. As a result, she said the center had heard of at least a few local surgeries that had to be postponed because of lack of blood.

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