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GA SR1026
Resolution
Status
Passed
2/23/2012
Primary Sponsor
Don Balfour
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AI Summary
- Recognizes and commends LifeSouth Community Blood Centers, one of the largest blood providers in the U.S., which collects and supplies blood for more than 100 medical facilities across Georgia, Alabama, and Florida through 19 regions, 30 donor centers, 41 bloodmobiles, and 14 indoor blood drive systems
- LifeSouth collects more than 37,000 units annually for Georgia hospitals and hosts the largest event blood drive in the country at Dragon*Con, where nearly 3,000 units were collected
- LifeSouth launched LifeCord, the first public cord blood bank in the Southeast, constructing a state-of-the-art cord blood center and partnering with Georgia hospitals to collect and store umbilical cord blood for treatment and research
- Recognizes the Five Points of Life Foundation, LifeSouth's affiliate, as the only U.S. organization dedicated to education and awareness of five lifesaving donation types: blood, apheresis, bone marrow, umbilical cord blood, and tissue and organs
- Directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit a copy of the resolution to LifeSouth Community Blood Centers
Legislative Description
LifeSouth Community Blood Centers and the Five Points of Life Foundation; recognize
Last Action
Senate Read and Adopted
2/23/2012
Full Bill Text
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