Public hospital | Shortage of blood stock delays surgery

An alleged stock rupture on a rare blood type (ARh-) led to the delay of a surgery that was initially scheduled to happen last Tuesday at Conde São Januário hospital.
According to information provided by the patient in question over social media, the “surgery was canceled due to a lack of standby blood in my blood type.” The patient called on friends and acquaintances with the same blood type, asking for help and to contact him.
The message sparkled a wave of solidarity on social media with several people and institutions calling for help on the matter.
Contacted by the Times on the topic, the Health Bureau (SSM) said it would be investigating the existence of such an incident but noted “The blood system in Macau is self-sufficient and responds quickly to all needs.”
Yesterday morning in another message, the patient thanked for “all the help” of the people who shared his call for blood donors stating that the physician on his case was also aware of the solidary that was shown.
The patient had “tweeted” yesterday afternoon that the surgery had been rescheduled for today.
The Times also contacted the Blood Transfusion Center, an entity responsible for blood donations that is connected with the SSM.
In reply, the Times received a link to the center’s webpage where it mentions the status of the blood reserves on the “most common blood types” in the territory, that shows four blood types (ORh+, ARh+, BRh+ and ABRh+).
Further, a SSM spokesperson  said a reply regarding the referred case would be issued via a statement that would be handled by the Government’s Information Bureau at a later time.