Urgently seeking O negative blood donator in Bangkok

[jenny2017]

We’re urgently seeking donators with blood group zero negative/ 0 negative for German patient with leukemia in Bangkok.

 

It would be lifesaving to find somebody who could donate some blood.

Please call Khun Save 02 287 9060, or send an e-mail to the German embassy: 

 [email protected]

 Your help would be deeply appreciated, thank you very much in advance. 

[pearciderman]

13 hours ago, jenny2017 said:

blood group zero negative

 

LOL, never heard it called that before.

[Thaidude]

Can O Positive person give to O Negative?

[Swimman]

5 minutes ago, Thaidude said:

Can O Positive person give to O Negative?

In an extreme emergency yes but blood banks and medical staff try to avoid doing this as it can lead to future problems especially if the recipient is a woman of childbearing age.

[jenny2017]

14 minutes ago, Thaidude said:

Can O Positive person give to O Negative?

It is also important to remember that while donors of all blood types can receive O Negative blood, those with O Negative blood can generally only receive O Negative blood. In extreme emergencies when O Negative is in short supply, sometimes O Positive can be substituted.

 

  Only if there's no other donator available. Thank you very much. 

 

 

Edited April 18, 2018 by jenny2017

[tarika]

I have O negative but only 2 months passed since my last blood donation. Not sure if I can give blood now or not?

[Swimman]

6 minutes ago, tarika said:

I have O negative but only 2 months passed since my last blood donation. Not sure if I can give blood now or not?

If you are fit there is no reason why you should not -- but the only way to find out is by checking with the Thai Red X or with the hospitals' blood bank 

[jenny2017]

10 minutes ago, tarika said:

I have O negative but only 2 months passed since my last blood donation. Not sure if I can give blood now or not?

That's not a problem. If you are in Bangkok, please call the number: 02 287 9060,

 

    Thank you very much. 

[FritsSikkink]

Just called the number, very strange questions:

Are you German ------ no I am Dutch

Have you lived in Europe for 5 years since 1980 ---- yes

 

Not needed then, thanks for calling.

[Letseng]

10 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

Just called the number, very strange questions:

Are you German ------ no I am Dutch

Have you lived in Europe for 5 years since 1980 ---- yes

 

Not needed then, thanks for calling.

You may be a carrier of Creutzfeld Jacob disease if you lived in Europe. Not sure why nationality matters. 

[FritsSikkink]

9 hours ago, Letseng said:

You may be a carrier of Creutzfeld Jacob disease if you lived in Europe. Not sure why nationality matters. 

The chance of that being so are minimal and if I had it I would be dead by now. People in the US have it too:

https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/Patient-Caregiver-Education/Fact-Sheets/Creutzfeldt-Jakob-Disease-Fact-Sheet

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare, degenerative, invariably fatal brain disorder. It affects about one person in every one million people per year worldwide; in the United States there are about 300 cases per year. CJD usually appears in later life and runs a rapid course. Typically, onset of symptoms occurs about age 60, and about 90 percent of individuals die within 1 year.

I tried, if they don't want it, up to them. 

Edited April 19, 2018 by FritsSikkink

[pearciderman]

On 4/17/2018 at 6:35 PM, jenny2017 said:

We’re urgently seeking donators with blood group zero negative/ 0 negative for German patient with leukemia in Bangkok.

 

It would be lifesaving to find somebody who could donate some blood.

 

Blood transfusions for a patient with leukemia are called supportive treatments, they are done to help prevent complications arising from treatment and reduce side effects of treatment.

 

Not sure that supportive treatments are "lifesaving".

[jenny2017]

20 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

Just called the number, very strange questions:

Are you German ------ no I am Dutch

Have you lived in Europe for 5 years since 1980 ---- yes

 

Not needed then, thanks for calling.

I'm very sorry, I never had this information. The message was sent to all volunteers of an organization that helps German citizens in Thailand in emergency situations. 

 

   My apologies for your inconvenience. 

[jenny2017]

5 minutes ago, pearciderman said:

 

Blood transfusions for a patient with leukemia are called supportive treatments, they are done to help prevent complications arising from treatment and reduce side effects of treatment.

 

Not sure that supportive treatments are "lifesaving".

I'm sorry, but if these donations help to prevent complications, I'd call them lifesaving. 

[Just Weird]

On ‎4‎/‎18‎/‎2018 at 11:56 AM, FritsSikkink said:

Just called the number, very strange questions:

Are you German ------ no I am Dutch

Have you lived in Europe for 5 years since 1980 ---- yes

 

Not needed then, thanks for calling.

It's called vetting to establish whether they want your blood and is normal, not "very strange".

[Just Weird]

8 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

The chance of that being so are minimal and if I had it I would be dead by now. People in the US have it too:

https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/Patient-Caregiver-Education/Fact-Sheets/Creutzfeldt-Jakob-Disease-Fact-Sheet

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare, degenerative, invariably fatal brain disorder. It affects about one person in every one million people per year worldwide; in the United States there are about 300 cases per year. CJD usually appears in later life and runs a rapid course. Typically, onset of symptoms occurs about age 60, and about 90 percent of individuals die within 1 year.

I tried, if they don't want it, up to them. 

"I tried, if they don't want it, up to them".

Why the attitude?  If it was you that needed the blood wouldn't you want the donors to be checked before you were filled up with their possibly contaminated blood? 

[FritsSikkink]

16 hours ago, Just Weird said:

"I tried, if they don't want it, up to them".

Why the attitude?  If it was you that needed the blood wouldn't you want the donors to be checked before you were filled up with their possibly contaminated blood? 

Donors being checked of course. The fact that I lived in Europe disqualifying me is crazy.  

[jenny2017]

18 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

Donors being checked of course. The fact that I lived in Europe disqualifying me is crazy.  

Yep, that's a little bit difficult to understand. 

[Just Weird]

6 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

Donors being checked of course. The fact that I lived in Europe disqualifying me is crazy.  

So you don't approve of checks that disqualify you?  Did it occur to you that an organisation that always needs blood and doesn't turn potential donors away just for the hell of it probably has very good reasons for their criteria used to determine who is acceptable?

 

There are clearly good reasons for certain criteria,  the Australian Red Cross, for example, will not accept donors who have lived in the UK for a total of 6 months or more between 1 Jan 1980 and 31 Dec 1996.

 

Also, from http://www.bloodcenters.org/donate-blood/am-i-eligible/

Do not donate if any of the following apply to you:

• ...
• United Kingdom: You have visited or lived in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Channel Islands, Gibraltar or Falkland Islands for a total of 3 months or more from 1980 thru 1996.
• European Countries: If you have spent a cumulative of 5 years or more since 1980.

Edited April 20, 2018 by Just Weird

[FritsSikkink]

5 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

So you don't approve of checks that disqualify you?  Did it occur to you that an organisation that always needs blood and doesn't turn potential donors away just for the hell of it probably has very good reasons for their criteria used to determine who is acceptable?

Did you actually read the thread, I only got disqualified because I have been in Europe. What would be a very good reason for that? 

[Swimman]

1 minute ago, FritsSikkink said:

Did you actually read the thread, I only got disqualified because I have been in Europe. What would be a very good reason for that? 

More likely you were refused because you were in the UK -- but some countries include Europe as a whole "anyone who spent three or more months in Britain from 1980 to 1996, or five or more years in Europe from 1980 to the present, are unable to donate blood"

This because of the (theoretical?) risk of people transmitting vCJD.(Mad Cow Disease)  

[Just Weird]

8 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

Did you actually read the thread, I only got disqualified because I have been in Europe. What would be a very good reason for that? 

Yes, it's very clear that I did read it. 

 

Have you considered researching the reasons for the criteria?   For the specific reasons you'd need to contact the various Red Cross organisations as they all appear not to want donors who have lived in certain parts of the world.  There's no point in asking uninformed Thaivisa members to guess the Red Cross's reasons!

[Swimman]

7 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

Yes, it's very clear that I did read it. 

 

Have you considered researching the reasons for the criteria?   For the specific reasons you'd need to contact the various Red Cross organisations as they all appear not to want donors who have lived in certain parts of the world.  There's no point in asking uninformed Thaivisa members to guess the Red Cross's reasons!

The Thai Red X donation 'rules' are modeled on and closely relate to the 'rules' applied in America.

[FritsSikkink]

35 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

Yes, it's very clear that I did read it. 

 

Have you considered researching the reasons for the criteria?   For the specific reasons you'd need to contact the various Red Cross organisations as they all appear not to want donors who have lived in certain parts of the world.  There's no point in asking uninformed Thaivisa members to guess the Red Cross's reasons!

The person I talked to wasn't from the Red Cross and most people in the Netherlands can donate blood to the Red Cross. You have to fill in a form with a lot of questions but nobody get's banned just because you have been in Europe (which is pretty big).

[Ron19]

A post against forum rules has been removed.

 

7) You will respect fellow members and post in a civil manner. No personal attacks, hateful or insulting towards other members, (flaming) Stalking of members on either the forum or via PM will not be allowed.

[Just Weird]

18 hours ago, Swimman said:

The Thai Red X donation 'rules' are modeled on and closely relate to the 'rules' applied in America.

I know.

[Just Weird]

17 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

The person I talked to wasn't from the Red Cross and most people in the Netherlands can donate blood to the Red Cross. You have to fill in a form with a lot of questions but nobody get's banned just because you have been in Europe (which is pretty big).

It doesn't matter who you spoke to, the criteria and the outcome were the same, weren't they?

 

"...nobody get's banned just because you have been in Europe..."

What?  Didn't you read the links?  They do if they are outside Europe when they want to donate.  You were rejected because you had been in Europe, weren't you?

[FritsSikkink]

54 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

It doesn't matter who you spoke to, the criteria and the outcome were the same, weren't they?

 

"...nobody get's banned just because you have been in Europe..."

What?  Didn't you read the links?  They do if they are outside Europe when they want to donate.  You were rejected because you had been in Europe, weren't you?

I am talking about the Netherlands, read a bit better

[Just Weird]

1 hour ago, FritsSikkink said:

I am talking about the Netherlands, read a bit better

I know.  

 

Holland is in Europe so obviously the Dutch wanting to donate in Holland are not going to be rejected, if they were they'd never have enough blood.

 

If Dutch donors, in Holland, spent time in the UK in the 80s-90s they'd be rejected.

[Dick Crank]

Jesus Christ can someone help this man!