Rare Blood Being Flown From Aust.
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MELBOURNE, May 18. Three pinta of a rare blood will be flown from Melbourne to New Zealand tomorrow for a 32-year-old woman.
The woman, who is In Dunedin. has the rare group 0 Vel-negative blood. She underwent a major abdominal operation last week, .and has how become seriously anaemic. A Dunedin pathologist. Professor 3. B. Howie, telephoned the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories in Melbourne today and asked for three pints of the blood to be flown to Dunedin. Scientists worked throughout the day to prepare the blood for the Journey. A spokesman said Vel-
negative blood was held at minus 140 deg Fahrenheit and the plasma and red cells were separated. When the blood was needed for transfusion the frozen packages of .plasma and cells were thawed and reconstituted, he said. The blood will be flown to Christchurch on a Qantas aircraft due to leave Melbourne tomorrow morning. Three years ago the same woman was the centre of a similar drama, when she suffered an internal haemorrhage.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31991, 19 May 1969, Page 14
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