Urgent call for the blood and plasma donations that help save Charlie's life every week

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Charlie is on his way to leading a normal life with his regular infusion of an immunoglobulin treatment extracted from plasma donations, but the number of donors has flatlined for a decade.

Bouncing on his trampoline, Charlie Corbitt looks just like any energetic four-year-old, but just after he turned two his life hung in the balance after he collapsed with a brain infection."It was completely terrifying," Ms Corbitt said.

Once a week Charlie's parents treat him at home, but he will never be cured and will need the supplement for the rest of his life. "This will be something that Charlie does for the rest of his life and I'm hopeful that the system stays as strong as it is," Ms Corbitt said. Red Cross Lifeblood's director for national collections Brett King said plasma is a powerful tool for treatments.

Donated blood and plasma are shipped to four processing centres around Australia for testing, sorting, and freezing.

 

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Yeah we donate the blood and then it's sold by hospitals.

The problem being, most of the blood donors have been contaminated by an experimental vaccine. 🙄

I was a blood donor Now they refuse to take my blood. Too difficult

They need to move faster on approving the removal of the British residency exemption then. Some of us would like to give but are unable to do so.

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