The necessity is fixed with regards to blood donations — however simply how is that blood used, and the way a lot of it’s wanted? What do the totally different blood sorts imply, and may I donate kind of due to mine? These are simply a few the questions on the desk for this episode of In Focus, as Kevin Coffey of the Japanese New York chapter of the American Pink Cross sits down with JoDee Kenney. Coffey discusses the ins and outs of giving blood and talks about among the restrictions on who can donate — together with some extra controversial restrictions which have resulted in sure demographics being excluded from donating — and the way the Pink Cross is working to make donations extra accessible. 

You may watch the complete interview with Kevin Coffey of the Japanese New York chapter of the American Pink Cross by way of the video participant above. And make sure you tune in for a glance inside the most important points impacting Upstate New York, on In Focus with JoDee Kenney — each Sunday on Spectrum Information 1.