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Celebrating anniversary of world's first blood bank

January is National Blood Donor Month, and it serves as a reminder the world's first blood bank started in Chicago. Cook County Hospital opened the first blood bank in 1937. Dr. Claudia Fegan, chief medical officer of Cook County Health, explains how the world's first blood bank ended up at Cook County Hospital.
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