The complexity of obtaining blood for people with the rarest blood types (2014)(theatlantic.com)
theatlantic.com
The complexity of obtaining blood for people with the rarest blood types (2014)
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/10/the-most-precious-blood-on-earth/381911/?single_page=true
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Another rare group is the Bombay blood group: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hh_blood_group
(interestingly I can't find it in the submission using quick search)
(interestingly I can't find it in the submission using quick search)
Amazing article. And for some crazy reason I found myself tearing up when it considered the sacrifices of the donars.
This was significant when I lived in China, where O- type is very rare (something like 0.3 % of population) so foreigners would register with a private clinic to be able to donate/receive just in case someone needs a blood transfusion of this type.
But, apparently, there are even much rarer types where just being O- is not enough to donate.