Rare blood donors rush to the rescue
June 30, 2012, Saturday
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TWO Minhang women donated their rare blood type within 40 minutes of getting a call that a pregnant woman was suffering massive hemorrhaging and needed an immediate transfusion.
The patient at the Maternity and Child Health Hospital of Fudan University was suffering from an ectopic pregnancy and needed 800 milliliters of Type O-negative blood. Blood management authorities immediately called the Minhang donor branch for help.
Zhang Qingyan received an emergency call while she was out shopping with her daughter. She rushed to a blood donation site at the Xinzhuang Metro Line station and donated 400 milliliters of blood.
Zhang discovered she had the rare blood type when she first donated blood years ago. Later, when she was pregnant, she contacted the Minhang Blood Management Office to let them know she might need help. They promised to come to her assistance, if necessary, and she, in turn, promised to be a future donor if anyone else needed help.
"It was time to keep my promise," she said.
The other donor, He Shengxia, has been donating blood every six months for the past five years. When called, she, too, rushed to a blood donation site in Qibao and finished the whole donation process in 20 minutes.
Hospital officials said they were amazed that 800 milliliters of the rare blood type could be collected within 40 minutes. They declined to discuss the condition of the patient because of confidentiality rules.
Wang Jiuhong, an official with the Minhang Blood Management Office, explained that Type O-negative blood is especially rare among Asians. About 15 percent of Caucasian people have the blood type. Among China's ethnic Han population, the rate of incidence is less than 1 percent, and the type is called "panda blood."
The patient at the Maternity and Child Health Hospital of Fudan University was suffering from an ectopic pregnancy and needed 800 milliliters of Type O-negative blood. Blood management authorities immediately called the Minhang donor branch for help.
Zhang Qingyan received an emergency call while she was out shopping with her daughter. She rushed to a blood donation site at the Xinzhuang Metro Line station and donated 400 milliliters of blood.
Zhang discovered she had the rare blood type when she first donated blood years ago. Later, when she was pregnant, she contacted the Minhang Blood Management Office to let them know she might need help. They promised to come to her assistance, if necessary, and she, in turn, promised to be a future donor if anyone else needed help.
"It was time to keep my promise," she said.
The other donor, He Shengxia, has been donating blood every six months for the past five years. When called, she, too, rushed to a blood donation site in Qibao and finished the whole donation process in 20 minutes.
Hospital officials said they were amazed that 800 milliliters of the rare blood type could be collected within 40 minutes. They declined to discuss the condition of the patient because of confidentiality rules.
Wang Jiuhong, an official with the Minhang Blood Management Office, explained that Type O-negative blood is especially rare among Asians. About 15 percent of Caucasian people have the blood type. Among China's ethnic Han population, the rate of incidence is less than 1 percent, and the type is called "panda blood."
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