The people who need blood come in all ages and from all ethnic and economic walks of life. They require transfusions to replace blood they've lost during surgery, because of accidents or internal bleeding, and to treat diseases. Many recipients are hospital patients. Others are people who appear to be healthy. Chances are you know people who have received a blood transfusion. They include:

cancer patients sickle cell patients leukemia patients premature infants

hemophilia patients surgery patients accident victims burn and trauma victims