The Foundation comes to the Aid of British Student
05/01/10 Philip Pain, a Southampton University student studying Spanish in Mexico, fell from a 7th storey balcony and sustained multiple life threatening injuries on January 1st.

The hospital had insufficient supplies of blood of his group, O NEG, and so the Blood Care Foundation (BCF) was asked to assist.

BCF contacted one of its associate blood banks, based in Florida, and arranged for a BCF courier to deliver 12 units of O negative blood to the hospital in Mazatlan. The journey was complicated involving 3 flights, with, in one case, only 30 minutes between arrival and departure. But the blood arrived safely yesterday (January 4th) afternoon. This delivery will prove vital in helping to stabilise the patient for both forthcoming operations and possible evacuation.”