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Originally Posted by garinda
Blood from what is deemed higher risk groups, such as gay men, were there is still a relatively higher incidence of HIV compared with the hetrosexual population in the UK, or intravenous drug users, isn't collected by the Blood Transfusion Service.
All donated blood could be screened and then 'washed', but this is a very expensive procedure, of which our nurse Lettie knows more, and is somewhat of an expert on the matter. The majority of gay men have no problem with this issue, and certainly don't feel discriminated against. I cannot speak for smack heads, but they are probably too out of it to care one way or the other.  |
My friend at work is gay and he wasn't too happy when the Blood Transfusion Service wouldn't accept his blood because of the HIV risk.
He wasn't happy either when the Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust wouldn't accept his bone marrow for the same reason.
He hasn't got HIV. As long as someone can produce a negative HIV test why can't they be accepted for these things?
I thought they were hard up for donors these days.
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