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Is it Time to Ease Eligibility to Donate Blood?

For the second time this year Ireland has had to import blood from the UK to address a current sh...

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14.14 22 Dec 2021


Is it Time to Ease Eligibility to Donate Blood?


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14.14 22 Dec 2021


For the second time this year Ireland has had to import blood from the UK to address a current shortage. 

 

As it stands, gay and bisexual men who have had sex in the past year aren’t eligible to donate, but that could all be about to change..

 

Andrea was joined by  Medical & Scientific Director with the Irish Blood Transfusion Service, Professor Stephen Field, Tomás Heneghan, and Senator Jerry Buttimer.

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