Transfusion Medicine
Blood Recipient Matthew Long Returns to New York Marathon
Published in Healthcare Finance, Tax and Law Weekly, November 19th, 2008
New York Blood Center (NYBC) announces the return of athlete Matthew Long, a blood transfusion recipient, to the New York City Marathon on November 2, 2008. Long, a New York City firefighter, former triathlete and competitive marathoner, was critically injured when he was hit by a 40,000 pound charter bus while biking to work on December 23, 2005. He received 68 blood transfusions in the first 24 to 48 hours following his accident.
Long suffered multiple fractures, internal injuries and internal bleeding, the source of which was difficult to find. He was hospitalized for five months, and has undergone approximately 40 operations and hundreds of hours of physical...
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