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The colour of blood
May 06,2014 - Last updated at May 06,2014
Recently, I received an urgent message from someone I don’t know with the request to donate blood.
No problem, done it before and will do it again.
However, my blood was refused because I’m not a Jordanian citizen!
Blood does not know religion or nationality, just the colour red.
This rule is outdated and discriminatory, and puts life at risk instead of the other way around.
Henk Bos,
Amman
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