Quote Originally Posted by tiger31 View Post
on the subject of health if you are a rare blood group and need an operation there is a good chance of dying because the hospitals don,t always have the blood in stock and i,m not joking here i,m a member of a few forums out here and the amount of emergency calls that go out for donations scares me big time
There are shortages in UK also.
I heard some kind of interview on BBC news (for what it's worth) and this Doctor was suggesting that the number of blood donors has decreased significantly and that some blood types were extremely difficult find and then to transport in the time needed.
This was all part of a discussion on rationalisation of NHS services. Many specialist services will be consolidated ( that means closed down and relocated)

Do you happen to know the blood types that are difficult in Philippines.
I'm an A