I agree Ricky.
It's something that I (stupidly) gave scant thought to when living there previously, but now I realise it is VERY VERY important.
I for instance have 'A' Rhesus negative blood (even in the UK only present in around 7% of the population).
If I were ever to need blood...god forbid more than a 'whole armful', especially if I were not near one of the major hospitals in Manila...chances are I'd be dead pretty quickly.
From an incident I read about recently on another forum, any Rh Neg blood is in extreme short supply in the Phils, as are donors...mainly because neg type blood is even rarer there than here, as are blood donors and blood banks, even IF you have the money to pay.
In this particular tale the locals didn't even WANT to use their blood bank up on a Foreigner anyway.
PS. Thanks for the link Alan.
