Extremely rare blood needed to save South Florida girl
World wide search for South Florida in need of rare blood. (OneBlood)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) —
The search is on for a rare type of blood for a South Florida girl battling cancer.
oneblood put out the call to help two-year-old Zainab.
To help the little girl, donors must meet the following requirements:
- MUST be exclusively Pakistani, Indian or Iranian descent – meaning the donor’s birth parents are both 100 percent Pakistani, Indian or Iranian
- MUST be blood type “O” or “A”
- All donations for Zainab must be coordinated with OneBlood in advance to ensure the additional compatibility testing is performed
Call 1-888-9-DONATE or visit the oneblood website for more information.
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