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Rotavirus Surge Raises Vaccine Concerns; Red Cross Highlights Need for Diverse Blood Donors
Doctors say only around 180 intrauterine transfusion units are issued each year for babies with severe anaemia before birth.
- Doctors delivered a rare intrauterine transfusion to Arthur Ransom at 16 weeks gestation at St George's Hospital in London to treat a parvovirus infection.
- The parvovirus infection caused fluid buildup around Arthur's heart and organs, creating a life-threatening condition where the doctor said survival odds were 50/50 without intervention.
- NHSBT supplies around 180 IUT units annually from carefully selected donors, with extra safety measures applied for vulnerable infants due to their small size and developmental immaturity.
- Arthur is now "doing great," and his mother, Maisie Ransom, expressed profound gratitude to anonymous donors, saying "there's no words to express the gratitude I feel."
- Donor Paul Bickley, motivated by his mother's "generous heart," represents the ongoing commitment needed to sustain IUT procedures, saying "you can't not do it if you can help babies.
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Britain's youngest blood transfusion patient treated in the womb at just 16 weeks
Arthur Ransom is believed to be the youngest person in Britain ever to receive a blood transfusion, with doctors performing the procedure when his mother was merely 16 weeks into her pregnancy.The infant, then roughly the size of an avocado, underwent an intrauterine transfusion at St George's Hospital in London in 2024 after contracting parvovirus slapped cheek syndrome while still in the womb.His mother, Maisie Ransom, has now partnered with N…
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Rotavirus surge raises vaccine concerns; Red Cross highlights need for diverse blood donors
Doctors are becoming increasingly concerned with a spike in Rotavirus cases and April is National Minority Health Month. Here are today's health stories. (WKYC)
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