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Shortfall in Egypt's blood donations threatens patient health

Outside downtown Cairo's teeming Ramses train station, the crowd studiously ignores the health official, despite his repeated pleas for travellers to spare a few minutes to donate blood in a nearby minivan.

27 May 2010

"Thousands of patients badly need blood in hospitals across our country," Ahmed Abbas told IRIN.

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