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21 December 2010

Urgent Appeal for blood donors

Is your blood type O negative? Have you donated blood before? Are you in good health? If the answer to ALL of those questions is yes, then the NHS needs you – before Christmas.

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Is your blood type O negative? Have you donated blood before? Are you in good health? If the answer to ALL of those questions is yes, then the NHS needs you – before Christmas.

Stocks of O negative are running low. There are about three days supply, instead of the usual five or more. Just 7% of the population are O negative, and they are often referred to as “universal donors”. That is because their blood can be given to anyone – so it is especially useful to the health service.

read the rest of the article on the BBC website http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/ferguswalsh/2010/12/urgent_call_for_blood_donors.html

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