Monday, Jan. 25 - 10:30 am:

Mr. Craig John Jones at Chonburi Hospital is currently in urgent need of O- blood in order to undergo a heart bypass operation.

If anyone can help please contact his wife Nut at 092-716-8409 or visit your local Red Cross facility immediately to donate.

Post removed with misinformation. Note this request is for O Rhesus negative (O-) blood donation which is very rare among Asians.

:-( I am way too far away in Sakon Nakhon.

im too far away udon

Shared on Facebook now. Also bumping the request back up.

I am O neg. But I am in Chiang Rai. Is it doable in a timely fashion from here?

Can i donate at Sankampaeng Hospital in Chiang Mia and i am O-Positive . Reply or Tele # 095-816-7455 God Bless!

Can i donate at Sankampaeng Hospital in Chiang Mia and i am O-Positive . Reply or Tele # 095-816-7455 God Bless!

O poss is no good, it has to be O neg.

Where are these red cross places, the last time I offered my blood to an hospital I was told at 65 I was too old.

This is the problem here they put an age limit on donors and if you are ahealthy 65 or more old person they do not want your blood, those of us who are O Neg do worry, as the Thais seem UNABLE to get hold of the fact that a 6- 80 yr old foreigner is probably healthier than a 50 yr old Thai but they refuse to change. Hope the recipient is OK and we should balme the Thais for being in the 19th century.

Calling in late for work tomorrow, can donate then in Bangkok.

This is the problem here they put an age limit on donors and if you are ahealthy 65 or more old person they do not want your blood, those of us who are O Neg do worry, as the Thais seem UNABLE to get hold of the fact that a 6- 80 yr old foreigner is probably healthier than a 50 yr old Thai but they refuse to change. Hope the recipient is OK and we should balme the Thais for being in the 19th century.

Yes O neg myself, I just wondered if the red cross had a different policy for blood donations.

I'm O neg in Nakhon Ratchasima is there a way of getting the blood to Craig from here? Anyone know?

Update; I just called Nut. She said they have 2 units so far and isn't sure how many they will need. She thinks distance is going to be an issue for getting the blood to her husband. I'm trying to find out if the Red cross have an emergency transport service for donated blood like they do in some countries. Will update as info comes back to me.

Meanwhile if anyone is closer to Chonburi and has O Neg please call her.

Any active Chonburi FB group → or several will get a much larger response and "echo/ripple" effect....

I'm O negative in Hua Hin, but 70 years old and with probable history of malaria in Nigeria many years ago. When I lived in Chiang Mai before that in the early 1970s, I was on an list of universal donors - there were 2 of us ! Can't remember which organisation held the list. I was never called to donate. Guess nobody wants my blood now ........

Same problem for me re distance. I'm O Neg but in Hua Hin. I have given blood before at HH Hospital but that was for a local expat. Happy to donate if they can transport it.

Any active Chonburi FB group → or several will get a much larger response and "echo/ripple" effect....

Great idea!

Mrs Lopchan has just posted to her family members in Chonburi so maybe word will get out among the locals.

I think O+ can give blood to anyone but can only get from O+. So make sure. If O+ can also give blood to O- . If possible it make it much easier.

I think O+ can give blood to anyone but can only get from O+. So make sure. If O+ can also give blood to O- . If possible it make it much easier.

More misinformation, a simple google search will tell you that you are completely wrong

I think O+ can give blood to anyone but can only get from O+. So make sure. If O+ can also give blood to O- . If possible it make it much easier.

Hope this helps.