WKRBC OVERVIEW
All blood and blood components used by Owensboro Mercy Health System, Breckenridge Memorial Health, Crittenden County Hospital, Caldwell County Hospital, and Ohio County Hospital are supplied solely by Western Kentucky Regional Blood Center.  Our center also supplies blood to Jennie Stuart Medical Center in Hopkinsville.  Western Kentucky Regional Blood Center, a not-for-profit organization, has been supplying these hospitals since January of 1978.  Over 14,500 donors are needed annually to maintain an adequate supply for our area.  The Blood Center is responsible to the community for collecting a vast human resource...LIFE SAVING BLOOD.

Donors of Western Kentucky Regional Blood Center are volunteer blood donors and are not paid for donating.  They come from all walks of life.  They are homemakers, business people, ministers and high school students.  Most importantly, blood donors are concerned individuals who care and take the time to donate.

People who use blood also come from all walks of life and ages.  Babies, children, teens, young adults and senior citizens....business people, ministers, high school students.  Often it is someone you know, a friend, relative or colleague.  This is why it is so important for those of us who can to give blood regularly.  This sharing helps guarantee blood will always be available to hospital patients when it is needed.

Blood is collected at various mobile sites such as businesses, churches, high schools and college campuses.  Western Kentucky Regional Blood Center also offers two locations to best serve our donors:

A Message from YOUR Blood Center

Almost everyone over age 17 can donate blood.  There are few restrictions.  Unfortunately, only about 5% of those who can give ever do. Yet nine out of 10 people who live to age 70 will need blood at one time or another.  If you do need blood, we hope the supply meets your needs.  However, if people do not donate regularly, the supply will not be available when it is needed