ACuban girl who suffers from leukemia - a type of blood cancer that begins in the bone marrow - urgently needs AB+ blood.
The activistDiasniurka Salcedo Verdecia He called for help for the minor, who is admitted to the William Soler hospital in Havana.
As he explained,It has to be exclusively AB+ because according to what the doctors say she is a very small girl. and apparently his body would not tolerate another type of blood, even though this group is the so-called "universal recipient."
"Whoever wants to help this little angel can also contact me: 59143643," Diasniuka said inFacebook.
Donations must be made starting this Wednesday at the blood bank located on 23/2 and 4 streets, El Vedado.
Normally people with AB+ blood can receive blood of any type.
They are a very particular blood group, as they inherit an A gene from one parent and a B gene from the other parent. Because of this, the chances of that particular combination occurring are lower.
At the end of September, Salcedo Verdecia made an urgent call for the life of theCuban girl Sofía Mercedes Muñoz Rivero, five years old, who also needed blood donors type B+ for platelets to combat Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
Salcedo said the little girl's illness developed quickly and interfered with the normal production of red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets.
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