Two life-saving units of blood are being flown from the UK to Australia to donate to an Adelaide mother-of-two who is desperately awaiting open-heart surgery.
Aussie mum Amira Soliman has a rare combination “O” and “A” blood type, with fewer than one in 10,000 people thought to be a match.
Last week, 9News reported that the 37-year-old South Australian had all but “exhausted” options in Australia, concerning doctors who said time was running out for Soliman, currently in hospital awaiting the urgent procedure.
Since the call-out, three suitable donors had been identified in Australia – in Queensland, South Australia and Victoria – marking about a third of Soliman’s needs.
Now, with the next batch being flown in from the UK, Amira is about half way, but the “search is still far from over”.
Soliman will require a total of 20 bags of blood that will be distributed before, during and after her surgery.
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