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People 'keen to donate' in push to reopen Kalgoorlie blood donor centre a decade after closure

Alison Holt donated blood more than 50 times before the Kalgoorlie donor centre closed in 2013.   (ABC Goldfields: Jarrod Lucas)

When Alison Holt's father got cancer he needed life-saving blood transfusions as part of his treatment. 

Struck by feelings of helplessness, she received a small measure of comfort as a regular blood donor, feeling like she was giving him the blood he needed to continue his fight.

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