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For want of a test, blood goes down the drain



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Published Date: 10 June 2008
By MICHAEL TURNBULL
Many donors are prevented from giving blood in Scotland because of links to Latin America
I HAVE been a blood donor since 1960, and have a lapel pin from the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) to thank me for my donations. Because my blood group is the universal type O rhesus negative, I was also recruited onto a rapid re...



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Explorer,

longniddry 10/06/2008 06:44:53
I wonder how many people from Central and Latin America there are in Scotland today who could donate blood if the T-Cruzi test was available in Scotland?
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Kate,

Zurich 10/06/2008 08:10:41
I am not allowed to give blood in Switzerland because I am British and therefore could be carrying BSE in the human form!
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Explorer,

longniddry 10/06/2008 08:23:28
I hadn't realised this! By the way, the ban on people whose mothers were born in Latin or Central America also prevents them from being Organ Donors, so if you come into thast category - throw away your Organ Donor cards!!

 

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