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Urgent calls for O-negative blood donors

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

Urgent calls for O-negative blood donors

Urgent calls for O-negative blood donors Source: Universal Images Group Editorial (Photo By BSIP/UIG Via Getty Images)

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.

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By Abdallah Kamal
Source: AAP

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