[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 19 (Tuesday, February 8, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E143]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         IN HONOR OF MILLER-KEYSTONE BLOOD CENTER GRAND OPENING

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                            HON. JIM GERLACH

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 8, 2011

  Mr. GERLACH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Miller-
Keystone Blood Center on its Grand Opening Celebration of its donor 
center in Lionville, Pennsylvania and to honor this healthcare 
institution for its commitment to serving the community.
  In the forty years since its establishment in 1971, Miller-Keystone 
Blood Center has delivered the safe, reliable, and vital blood supply 
that our community needs. Miller-Keystone is the exclusive supplier of 
blood products to twenty-one hospitals in ten Pennsylvania and New 
Jersey counties, including having been the sole supplier to Pottstown 
Memorial Medical Center since 1997. In July 2010, the Center was 
announced as the exclusive blood provider to Brandywine Hospital and 
Phoenixville Hospital. No other blood organization supplies these 
facilities and only blood donated through Miller-Keystone is being 
transfused at these facilities.
  Miller-Keystone Blood Center's new Lionville Donor Center will offer 
appointments both days and evenings, weekdays and weekends, providing 
residents throughout the Chester County region with many convenient 
opportunities to make a like-saving blood, platelet or plasma donation.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleagues join me today in recognizing 
Miller-Keystone Blood Center on the occasion of the Grand Opening 
Celebration of its donor center in Lionville, Pennsylvania and to honor 
this healthcare institution for its commitment to serving the essential 
blood product supply needs of its community.

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