CSL Plasma problems
IT TOOKS 3 OF THE HIGHER UPS TO COME TELL ME THE REASON WHY THEY'RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW ME TO DONATE MY BLOOD ")) MORE PLASMA CENTER PROBLEMS --
ANOTHER BUFFALO MAN WANTS ANSWERS AFTER HE SAYS HE WAS REJECTED AS A BLOOD DONOR AT C-S-L PLASMA. IT'S THE SECOND TIME A PERSON HAS COME TO NEWS FOUR FOR ANSWERS -- AFTER BEING DENIED THE CHANCE TO DONATE BLOOD AT C.S.L.PLASMA. NEWS 4'S SHANNON SMITH LOOKED INTO THE LATEST INCIDENT TONIGHT -- SHANNON? DON...C.S.L. PLASMA ADVERTISES THAT IT WILL PAY PEOPLE TO DONATE BLOOD. MARCHANT JOLLES (YA-LES) SAYS HE WENT THE BUFFALO SITE TWICE TO DONATE -- BUT WAS TURNED AWAY. HE SAYS IT'S BECAUSE OF WHERE HE LIVES. MARCHANT JOLLES (YOL-LES) SAYS HE THOUGHT HE WAS WELL-PREPARED WHEN HE WENT TO DONATE BLOOD AT THE C-S-L PLASMA CENTER MONDAY. ACCORDING TO THE COMPANY'S WEBSITE -- POTENTIAL DONORS MUST BRING A VALID I-D....THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND PROOF OF RESIDENCY. JOLLES SAYS HE HAD ALL THREE -- BUT WAS STILL REJECTED. ((THEY HAVE SOME DATABASE AND THEY TYPED MY ADDRESS INTO THIS DATABASE AND IT CAME UP AS THIS WAS NOT AN ADEQUATE ADDRESS)) JOLLES SAYS HE BROUGHT A PIECE OF MAIL --WHICH SHOWS HIS ADDRESS AS 'TRANSITIONAL SERVICES.' HE LIVES IN AN APARTMENT BUILDING IN BUFFALO -- RUN BY 'TRANSITIONAL SERVICES INC' IT'S AN ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS PEOPLE DEALING WITH DRUG OR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. FOR JOLLES -- IT'S MENTAL HEALTH. ((I FEEL JUDGED)) ((WHY AM I NOT ALLOWED TO GIVE SOMEBODY THE GIFT OF LIFE? THE GIFT THAT THEY DESERVE)) HE SAYS THE STAFF NEVER ASKED ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS LIVING SITUATION - WHICH HE SAYS IS PERMANENT -- OR HIS HEALTH. JOLLES SAYS A C.S.L MANAGER TOLD HIM --
IF HE CAME BACK WITH A RENTAL AGREEMENT SIGNED BY HIS LANDLORD...THEN HE'D BE ABLE TO DONATE. BUT EVEN WHEN HE WENT BACK TUESDAY WITH THOSE PAPERS -- HE SAYS HE WAS TURNED AWAY AGAIN. JOLLES SAYS HE WANTS OTHERS TO KNOW OF HIS EXPERIENCE. ((THAT WORD TRANSITIONAL IS WHAT THEY JUDGED THEIR DECISION ON BUT WHAT THEY'RE TELLING ME IS, TEMPORARY HOUSING, SOMEWHERE IF YOU'RE COUCH SURFING OR IF YOU'RE IN A HOMELESS SHELTER, THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DENIED)) I REACHED OUT TO C-S-L PLASMA TONIGHT. THEIR SPOKESPERSON DIRECTED ME TO THE AREA ON THEIR WEBSITE WHICH SAYS POTENTIAL DONORS ARE REQUIRED TO BRING PROOF OF RESIDENCY. I ASKED ABOUT JOLLES (YA-LES) SPECIFIC CASE -- ON WHY HE WAS
