OBI Enid expansion expected to be completed in March | Oklahoma

ENID – Oklahoma Blood Institute’s Enid Donor Center expects to full its $3.4 million expansion and transform in March 2023.

“We are excited about the improvements being made that will give us the most up-to-date facility in our system,” Executive Director Jessy Dershem mentioned.

She mentioned OBI is including a cell remedy room, an up to date lab and state-of-the-art donor rooms. The up to date lab will enable the middle to hold round 110 items of blood readily available to ship to space hospitals any time of the day.

Gary Mitchell is chairman of Northwest Oklahoma Blood Institute Foundation and has been on the board since 2008.

“Being in a rural community, it is important we continue the great service the Northwest Blood Institute has given Northwest Oklahoma,” Mitchell mentioned.

Mitchell as soon as was CEO of the Shattuck Hospital and nonetheless lives in Shattuck.

“We could always count on OBI for our blood needs,” he mentioned.

He mentioned the expansion and transform will assist the middle to proceed to adapt to new and progressive modifications that assist save lives.

Dersham is very happy with their new neighborhood room.

“We will have a room in our facility that can hold up to 50 people,” she mentioned.

The neighborhood room will be open for civic teams and companies to use. It will be embellished with images of Northwest Oklahoma taken by native photographer Mike Klemme. The donor room will function Northwest Oklahoma sufferers who’ve been impacted by blood donors from Oklahoma Blood Institute.

The transform and addition of greater than 2,000 sq. ft will convey the ability to greater than 11,000 sq. ft.

OBI Enid has 48 full-time staff and serves 16 counties and provides 100% of the blood merchandise utilized by sufferers at Integris Bass Baptist Health Center and St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center.

Last yr, OBI Enid collected nearly 27,000 items of blood, which impacted greater than 80,000 affected person lives.

“We will continue to fill a need. We have great blood,” Mitchell mentioned.