RAJ KUMAR
Ranchi, Aug.31: A man, Umakant Mandal, rushed to Rajendra Institute of Medical Science in Jharkhand capital from Ghatshila, about 200km from the capital, to donate his blood after he heard an expecting mother need blood of Bombay group, which he has.
The Bombay blood group is a rare blood group, phenotypes of this group lacking H antigen on the red cell membrane and have anti-H in the serum. It fails to express any A, B or H antigen on their red cells or other tissues. The existence of a human H/h genetic polymorphism was first established by Bhende et al.
In India hardly 350 people of this blood group has been identified and this donation came as great help for the lady.
The Voluntary Blood Donor Association played a big role in donation.
