Saved by blood brothers

Recovering from a car accident that happened nearly two weeks ago, 45-year-old Alim Mukhameclov from Uzbekistan still found it difficult to move his body. But he was able to raise his right hand slowly and give a thumbs-up to his doctor and those who donated blood that may have saved his life.

Mukhameclov had his eye socket, nose, rib and legs broken in a car accident on March 13 in Rizhao, a city about 500 km from Yantai, in Shandong province. He was then taken to Yantaishan Hospital in Yantai.

Doctors knew that Mukhameclov required immediate surgery, however there was not enough blood of his type - Rh A-negative - in stock. This blood type is so rare that only 0.3 percent of Chinese have it.