Searching for a doubly rare blood type
One woman's need for heart surgery triggered an international search for her extremely rare blood type.
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One woman's need for heart surgery triggered an international search for her extremely rare blood type.
Blood from local and foreign donors meant Daina Bautista was able to get the heart surgery she needed
The hospital has unveiled details of the hunt for the rare blood group and the subsequent surgery that was performed in December last year.
Abu Dhabi: An Abu Dhabi woman who needed a life-saving heart surgery first donated blood to facilitate her own procedure. The rare self-donation process, facilitated by the Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, was required to supplement supplies of Daina Bautista’s extremely uncommon blood type. 2018 diagnosis Bautista, a working mother from the Philippines, first began to suspect that something was wrong in 2018. She had been having terrible coughing fits, which were first diagnosed as asthma, but follow-up scans revealed that three of her heart valves were damaged. Bautista was wary of undergoing ...