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UK service apologies for Indian blood donation confusion

By: Sarwar Alam

A UK blood transfusion service has today issued an apology for turning away hundreds of Indian-origin donors during a blood donation drive organised by the Indian community in Northern Ireland last year. The Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service (NIBTS) claimed confusion and a “communications” error over the travel criteria for donors prevented those without malaria tests from donating blood. “NIBTS fully accepts and apologises for the upset and inconvenience caused to those who attended the session and were unable to donate,” it said. Surendran Varma, among the organisers of the blood donation drive, accused the service of turning away potential…

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