Health & Environment
Man Travels 300km to Donate Rare Blood to Child in Karnataka
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THE BRIEF
1
A donor traveled 300 km from Chikkamagaluru to Dharwad to provide a unit of rare Bombay blood to a three-year-old boy in critical condition.
2
The child, suffering from an inherited bleeding disorder, required the specific phenotype because patients with this blood type lack the 'H' antigen.
3
The Swami Vivekananda Blood Donors Foundation coordinated the search after an appeal from the child's father, Mahantesh.