When Agnus Lourd Mary approached a private hospital at Kattappana in Idukki last week for her delivery, doctors made a puzzling discovery during her check-up – Agnus’ blood group did not match anything existing. They referred Agnus and her husband Shijo Thomas to the Kottayam Medical College and Caritas Hospital.
The family then admitted Agnus to Caritas Hospital, where doctors realised that Agnus had the rarest of rare Bombay Blood group (hh blood). As the delivery was a C-section, she needed blood for the surgery. The hospital, which maintains a registry, and Blood Donors Kerala (BDK), a non-profit organisation, managed to get two donors for the couple from Malappuram and Idukki. The surgery went off smoothly and Agnus delivered a baby boy.
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