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Gabrielle Jansen / The Outlook Stephens Elementary teacher Kelsey Beck, right, donates blood at the schools blood drive.

The Alabama Hospital Association is in urgent need of blood donations after the state’s supply ran dangerously low.

“Our hospital leaders are very concerned about having adequate blood for surgical, trauma and other patients,” said AHA Executive Vice President Rosemary Blackmon.

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