Emergency A neg. blood needed in NOPH

I also missed this post and have A- blood. Curious on the PI requirements for donation; I had to get 2 bags around 3 years ago (thanks again for the folks that donated) and from what I read you could not donate for 12 months after, not sure the PI is the same.

I definitely believe if can donate then do.

Shawn

 

Sad: You can not donate to a 0- member. But any A or AB will be happy for your blood.

 

I wonder if the website owners would be willing to have their developers come up with a way to sort the membership by blood type. That might, at least, give volunteers an opportunity to contact members with rare types when an emergency arises.

With A- blood, my motivation is partially selfish. Although rare enough (6.3% of the population) in my home country, it is EXTREMELY rare in the Philippines (0.1%). Scary, really. Should have retired to Brazil to have the best bet (8.0%).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_type_distribution_by_country

 

For the first 10 or so years I was here, I donated to Silliman Med every 3 months. Even had my own blood donation ID card, as my blood group is the rarer ones here(

For about the first 10 years I was here, I donated every 3 months at Silliman Medical, even had my own Donor ID card. As my blood group is very rare here, not only did I feel that I was helping everybody that needed it, but also enjoyed the health benefits of regular donation. (Lower cholestrol, blood pressure & lower weight.) As I worked a lot abroad & HIV incidence increased, they brought in more & more stipulations & rules. So I only donated about once a year, till about 2009, when I was diagnosed with cancer. I miss donating, but thoroughly recommend it to all of you, younger folks.

 

I posted here asking anyone interested to contact me and I would create a list of available donors for each blood group.

No one has replied.

The conclusion is that the blood group shown on the profile (and perhaps also the 'Blood Donor' label) is NOT an indicator of willingness/ability to donate. As @Philpots wrote above, age is a deterrent factor. Also, some have histories of living in areas where a risk was created (as in the UK with CJD) or had an actual illness which stops their blood being accepted.

Also, I think possibly some people prefer to keep their blood for a family member or friend - that is understandable. One reason I believe people think like that is that when I also offered to produce a list of tradesmen, again not one person replied. It probably means that if someone knows a good tradesman they are worried that when they need him he will be too busy if they tell the whole world! Similarly, if they give away their blood one day and a family member or close friend needs it very soon afterwards, their blood will not be available to help. Very understandable to think like that.

But when I created a list of good medical professionals I had an extremely good response - as people know they can still see a doctor even if others know about that particular doctor. So things people see as limited and so, when needed urgently, may not be available, they keep to themselves. Just human nature.

 

Correct, and if you have high BP, they wont accept it..Its pretty sad, they wont sell to a patient in need unless you drag along a donor..