MEDIC Regional Blood Center in Critical Need of Blood Donations

A local blood center that supplies blood to dozens of Tennessee hospitals, including LeConte Medical Center in Sevier County, says the need for blood donations is critical.

Due to an increase in demand, MEDIC Regional Blood Center has less than a two-day supply of O+, O- and A+ blood types.

MEDIC Regional Blood Center has a critical need for:

• O Positive
• O Negative, and
• A Positive blood types

The need is ongoing and nationwide. 

Anyone eligible to donate is encouraged to stop by one of MEDIC’s four centers or any blood mobile drive. The schedule can be found at www.medicblood.org.

MEDIC Regional Blood Center Locations:

MEDIC Downtown
1601 Ailor Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37921
Mon – Fri 8 am – 6:30 pm
Sat 8 am – 11:30 am
Sun 1 pm – 4:30 pm
Call 865-524-3074 to make an appointment.

MEDIC Farragut
11000 Kingston Pike, Suite 4, Knoxville, TN 37934
Mon, Tues, Thurs 7:30 am – 7 pm
Wed & Fri 6:30 am – 6 pm
Call 865-524-3074 to make an appointment.

MEDIC Crossville
79 South Main Street, Crossville, TN 38555
Tues-Fri 8:30 am – 5 pm
First Saturday of each month 8:00 am – Noon
Call 865-524-3074 to make an appointment.

MEDIC Athens
213 E. Washington Ave. Suite 104, Athens, TN 37303
Tues-Fri 8:30 am-5 pm
First Saturday of each month 8:00 am – Noon
Call 865.524.3074 to make an appointment.

There are currently two mobile blood drives scheduled in Sevier County:

08/13/2019
10 AM – 1 PM
Sevier County Bank – Main Street
111 E Main Street, Sevierville, TN 37862

08/13/2019
2:30 PM – 6 PM
Wonderworks
100 Music Road, Pigeon Forge, TN 37863

Anyone donating this week will be entered to win a Fall Sports Package for the University of Tennessee. The package will include a $250 gift card for UT Sports as well as other football-themed goodies.

In light of recent, tragic, events, MEDIC Regional Blood Center would like to remind the community of some important information:

• The blood used for tragic events and trauma incidents comes from what is currently on the shelf at MEDIC Regional Blood Center that at this point, is a critically low inventory.
• It takes three days for donated blood to be tested, processed and ready for distribution to local hospitals.
• MEDIC Regional Blood Center is the provider for blood and blood-related products for 25 hospitals in 22 counties including LeConte Medical Center in Sevier County.
• Blood donated in our service area stays in our service area

We appreciate your continued support and assistance in providing this information to the community. I am happy to do an interview or it would be great if you can provide this information as an article or in distribution to contacts this week.