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Vietnamese blood donors save life of UK patient

Three Vietnamese donors with a rare blood type have helped save the life of a 64-year-old British man with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP).
Vietnamese blood donors save life of UK patient ảnh 1Vietnamese donor with rare blood type helps save the life of the UK patient. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Three Vietnamese donors with a rare blood type have helped save the life of a 64-year-old Britishman with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP).

The man was taken to Cho Ray Hospital in Ho ChiMinh City for emergency treatment on March 17. Doctors said as he suffered theITP and high blood pressure and was at risk of intracerebral hemorrhage, heneeded an urgent platelet transfusion.

The man has a rare blood type of O Rh(-) withjust one in 1,000 Vietnamese people having a match while the hospital ran outthe platelet at that time. It then called out for donors to roll up theirsleeves.

Six donors came, with three suitable identified.

Getting the blood transfusion and suitable treatment, the man made a goodrecovery and was discharged from hospital on March 23.

He thanked the donors and the medical team for their timely noble act./.
VNA
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