New rules for blood donors, but concerns linger
By Yang Wanli | China Daily | Updated: 2012-07-30 08:05
Collecting blood at a blood donation center in Xidan in downtown Beijing in March. Acknowledging that lesbians are low-risk donors, the Ministry of Health revised the regulation introduced in 2001 that prohibited all homosexuals from giving blood. Zhang Bei / for China Daily |
Screening process for potential givers far from perfect, reports Yang Wanli in Beijing.
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