Urgent calls for rare O-negative blood donors

NEWS: The Red Cross Blood Service is calling on people with the rare O-negative blood type to donate as reserves are critically low.

A blood donor.

A blood donor. Source: Getty

Supplies of O-negative blood have reached their lowest point this year, prompting the Australian Red Cross blood service to call for thousands with the rare blood type, to donate.

Over the next fortnight, the blood service is calling on 5000 people to donate to meet hospital demand.

You can read the full version of this story in English on SBS News here.


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