OBI Hosts Special Blood Drive In Downtown Tulsa On World Diabetes Day

It's World Diabetes Day and the Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI) offered free blood sugar testing at a special blood drive.

Sunday, November 14th 2021, 9:24 pm

By: Drake Johnson

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TULSA, Oklahoma -

It's World Diabetes Day and the Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI) offered free blood sugar testing at a special blood drive.

The event was at Guthrie Green Sunday afternoon.

The free hemoglobin A1C testing aims to help donors monitor their risk for diabetes.

Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum wrote a proclamation for diabetes awareness.

Former Chairman of the American Diabetes Association, Doug Dodd, read the proclamation.

The OBI said it will share the public health data it collected during this hemoglobin testing at a later date.

Drake Johnson

Drake Johnson is a Digital Content Producer at Griffin Media. He joined the team in July 2021 after graduating from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in journalism. Drake is a longtime Oklahoman, growing up in Owasso and graduating from OHS in 2016. When not covering the news, he enjoys watching the Sooners and OKC Thunder, plus spending time with family and friends in the state and traveling across the country.