))
Richard Charlewood: Transfusion Medicine Specialist on the need for more plasma donations
Manage episode 435136929 series 3391555
Inhoud geleverd door NZME and Newstalk ZB. Alle podcastinhoud, inclusief afleveringen, afbeeldingen en podcastbeschrijvingen, wordt rechtstreeks geüpload en geleverd door NZME and Newstalk ZB of hun podcastplatformpartner. Als u denkt dat iemand uw auteursrechtelijk beschermde werk zonder uw toestemming gebruikt, kunt u het hier beschreven proces https://nl.player.fm/legal volgen.
The New Zealand Blood Service is calling out for desperately needed plasma.
The demand for so called 'liquid gold' grows by 10 percent each year, with supply not keeping up.
Based on the demand, they’ll need at least 150 more people to start donating regularly.
Transfusion Medicine Specialist Richard Charlewood told Francesca Rudkin the problem is that they’re reliant on other countries.
He said that it’s an American export business, and so when there’s a drop in donations—like there was during Covid— it’s an America-first policy, so we’re at risk by not being self-sufficient.
LISTEN ABOVE
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1379 afleveringen
Delen
