Mark N Posted Wed 11-7-07
The blood bank at the NIH Clinical Center (that really big building up on the hill) is urgently seeking blood donors, reports the Bethesda Gazette. In particular, local supplies of blood type O are “dangerously low” according to the NIH.
The NIH uses 500 units of red blood cells each month to treat patients with cancer, leukemia, aplastic anemia, thalassemia and sickle cell disease. Blood is sometimes transferred to other medical treatment centers, and other area hospitals are affected by the shortage, the NIH said.
Donors, especially those with O type blood, are encouraged to visit the NIH blood bank 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The blood bank is located on the first floor of the NIH Clinical Center at NIH, 9000 Rockville Pike. Walk-ins are accepted, and free parking is offered to blood donors. To make an appointment, find out your eligibility status, or get more information about donating blood, call 301-496-1048.
You can also email the blood bank to ask somebody to call you to schedule an appointment.
Tags: NIH
Janet M Posted Thu 10-25-07
The 2007 Global Health Security Initiative (GHSI) Ministerial Meeting week will be held at the NIH from Monday, 29 October through Friday, 2 November.
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Mark N Posted Wed 10-24-07
If you thought there was more helicopter noise than usual around Maplewood last Thursday, you weren’t imagining things. Suburban Hostpital, the NIH Medical Center, and Navy Med sponsored an emergency drill to “simulate how community hospitals and emergency staffs would operate in the event of a catastrophe.” More than sixty “victims” participated in the exercise, which lasted over five hours.
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Mark N Posted Wed 10-24-07
Both the Washington Post and Bethesda Gazette filed reports on the recent Maryland Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) subcabinet meeting in Rockville, which was chaired by Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown.
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Tags: BRAC, development, NavyMed, NIH
Carol L Posted Mon 12-4-06
The following officers of the Maplewood Citizens Association attended the General Membership Meeting, held November 15, 2006 at the Heart House:
Allen Myers, President
Seth Maiman, Vice President
Bill Davis, Treasurer
Carol Linden, Secretary
Fourteen members of the community attended.
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Tags: BethesdaCountryDay, HeartHouse, MCA, NIH, solidwaste
Lorraine N Posted Wed 5-31-06
Maplewood Citizens Association
General Meeting
May 17, 2006
The MCA General Meeting was convened by Allen Myers at 7:30PM. This is to be the last meeting held at Heart House. The January minutes were read and accepted with one change, as noted on the edited manuscript and submitted to the President of MCA. The March Minutes were read and submitted by Janet Maalouf.
These were accepted by the membership. Continue Reading »
Tags: development, FASEB, MCA, NIH, traffic
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