Reporter discusses allegations of mismanagement at Alaska Blood Bank

A conceptual drawing of the new Blood Bank of Alaska building. Courtesy of the Blood Bank of Alaska
A conceptual drawing of the new Blood Bank of Alaska building. Courtesy of the Blood Bank of Alaska

A recent complaint filed with the Food and Drug Administration alleges that mismanagement and financial impropriety at the Blood Bank of Alaska have led to dangerously short supplies of blood this summer.

The story was first published by the Alaska Journal of Commerce, And Alaska Public Media’s Zachariah Hughes spoke with reporter DJ Summers about what’s known so far.

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You can read DJ Summers’s latest article in the Alaska Journal of Commerce here.

Zachariah Hughes reports on city & state politics, arts & culture, drugs, and military affairs in Anchorage and South Central Alaska.

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