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| It is reported that the government has decided to sell the blood transfusion service to the private sector in this country. According to the Health Minister this will allow the service to "compete in a global market". I thnk he has a parrot not far back in his evolutionary history
I do not know how this service works in other countries. In this country blood is donated by volunteers. There are a number of centres you can go to, and in additon there are mobile donation "buses" which go around the country so that it is easy to do. Most employers I have worked for allow time off for people who wish to give blood: and it is something most donors value: they give blood regularly and happily.
I will say at the outset that if this is done I will never give blood again. That may be very reprehensible because the need will still be there, and in a sense it shames me: but that is what they are relying on. They wish to give profit to their private sector pals on the basis that I, and others like me, will continue to view this as public duty. Well I won't.
That they asked a merchant bank whether this is a good idea, and the merchant bank said yes, does not settle anything.
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