Mrs Ntsomboyi Unmoved By Her Rare Blood
An African wontim in East London is.making medical history. ... Her blood type is so rare that experts overseas believe a study of Specimens of her serum ■ should increase the world’s range of knowledge about the RH blood group system. •The woman, Mrs Regina Ntsomboyi, is. a Jl year-old domestic servant. During recent routine tests when she was expecting . baby; she was found to have an unusual antibody in her serum. • ; The antibody was so unusual? that. a specimen was sent to Johannesburg for further investigation. It was confirmed it", was a tworld rarity. Mrs Ntsomhoyi’s blood group is RH positive with, an RH positive antibody. RH poritive ’._ antibodies
usually' occur -only in people with RH negative blobd. The serum was sent to-Lpn-don and:soon'after a request, came: from the. blood research unit at Ijisiter ’'institute... in London for mOre specimens. . Unaware of the.significance of it all, Mrs : Ntsomboyi is more - 'concerned . wjth“ the mechanics of trbnsfpsiQh.- . “I ■do not mind when they tike blobd out of .I. should not like it if ; they put someone- rise’s blood rbaqki mto Die;'’ she sayi.—(Router.)
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19640321.2.219
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30396, 21 March 1964, Page 21
Word Count
188Mrs Ntsomboyi Unmoved By Her Rare Blood Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30396, 21 March 1964, Page 21
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.