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Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service Emergency Appeal - Update

Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service Emergency Appeal - Update.

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Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service Emergency Appeal - Update

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  1. Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service Emergency Appeal - Update Blood supplies in Scotland reached dangerously low levels during October. The threat of canceling planned operations has lessened, but it is expected to take a further four weeks for the blood supply to return to a healthy level. http://www.scotblood.co.uk/

  2. Blood supplies 'could be halved' as donors fear results of vCJD testsJames Meikle, health correspondentBritain could lose up to half its blood supplies within the next two years because of donors' fears that they might find they have the human form of BSE. NHS officials warn that a million of the nation's 2m volunteer blood donors might drop out with the introduction of a test for the fatal variant CJD, which is expected to become available in the near future. http://society.guardian.co.uk/

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