Beijing United Family Hospital currently has two patients in the ICU who are in critical need of two types of Rh negative blood (Rh negative A and Rh negative O). These types of blood are rare in China. While the hospital carries a supply of Rh negative blood, these patients will require more. The Tongzhou Blood Center (通州血站互献血点), which is in partnership with BJU for all its hospital blood drives, is working with Beijing United Family Hospital for donation.

If you have this type of blood and wish to donate, or know someone who is able to make a donation, please go to the Tongzhou Blood Center collection site at the South Gate of Chaoyang Park. They provide English service. The Tongzhou Blood Center will give Beijing United Family Hospital blood based on our needs.

At this time, donors cannot donate blood directly at BJU.

To see if you fit the donor criteria in China, or more information, please contact Patient Services at (010) 5927 7350 or email patientservices@ufh.com.cn.

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We received an urgent appeal for an A-negative blood donor earlier Tuesday from our friends at Beijing City International School, and we hope that one or more of our readers may be able to assist:

"One of our parents contacted the school in need of urgent help.  A close friend of the family is in Tianjin for a liver transplant and there is a shortage of his blood type, A (negative). He is in need of more blood for the prep of surgery, during surgery and for the recovery period.

"If you are a match, please contact Naima Salman ASAP at 186-1186-5437 or naimasalman@gmail.com. The Salman family or the Pakistani Embassy will pick you up and take you to the hospital in Tianjin. Unfortunately, blood cannot be given in Beijing for transport to Tianjin.

"Thank you for considering helping one of our families in need," wrote Carol Kim, vice president of planning and communications for BCIS’s parent company, Yue Cheng Education.

If you can help, please use the contact information above, or get in touch with us here at beijing-kids . Thank you for your help.

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