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The Western Cape Blood Service is a non-profit society providing blood services to the Western Cape province in South Africa. WCBS is a separate entity from the South African National Blood Service.

Hospitals and clinics in the Western Cape need about 700 units of blood each day, according to the Western Cape's provincial government. The WCBS is responsible for collecting and distributing the blood to hospitals, where transfusions are done by clinical staff. In 2020, the service was collecting an average of 145 000 units of blood a year.

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