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sojusucks
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Joined: 28 Nov 2010
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| When the Blood Donation bus came to our university we tried to donate blood....guess what? They didn't want our waygook blood and rudely shooed us off the bus with no explanation beyond "waegookin andae". No joke. |
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bluelake
Joined: 01 Dec 2005
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O Rh negative
Even though I've lived in this country for many, many years, I doubt I'd qualify as there has never been a year I didn't visit outside the country for at least a short time. |
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Tundra_Creature
Joined: 11 Jun 2009
Location: Canada
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Tried giving blood here back home at my university in Canada and after an hour of waiting, they said I wasn't allowed to give blood for 2 years because I was in Korea for 4 months. I would've understood if I got extremely sick or something, but nope.
They also don't allow homosexual men to donate blood due to the old belief that they are the only ones who can get aids.
Honestly, they want more people to donate blood, but they turn away a large chunk of people are probably eligible to do so. It's ridiculous. |
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superNET
Joined: 08 Dec 2010
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| Sadly, my blood is not pure. My blood is not Han. |
That is not the case. Every country has strict rules about who can or cannot donate blood. In America, if you have visited Africa, you are banned, has nothing to do with pure blood etc.
There are lives at stake and countries are going to be careful as is the Red Cross because they surely do not want to be sued by a bereaved family member who lost a relative due to tainted blood getting through.
I wish people would look at the whole picture instead of just parts so they can bash others. I have been accepted and denied and though the denial is tough to take there is a reason.
I was told that the reason for the rule change for foreigners is because some complained about the lack of privacy over their medical records, so it isn't always the Korean's fault, sometimes it is the westerner's. |
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SMOE NSET
Joined: 25 Feb 2010
Location: Seoul
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| Why don't they use the millions of dollars they were supposed to use on the relief work in Haiti that they stockpiled and make some bloody (pun intended) pamphlets in other languages? |
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diver
Joined: 16 Jun 2003
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| I wish people would look at the whole picture instead of just parts so they can bash others. |
So why don't the Red Cross volunteers "look at the whole picture" to see if foreign volunteers meet the requirements instead of dismissing them out of hand because they are foreign?
Here's another part of the "whole picture". People are dying because of a lack of certain types of blood. Why not make it easier for those that are most likely to have rare blood types to become donors?
My co-worker in Jeonju died a few years ago because they didn't have his blood type. |
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DorkothyParker
Joined: 11 Apr 2009
Location: Jeju
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I donated blood a few times, and then they extended a rule so people who lived in Germany in the late 80's/early 90's couldn't donate. I guess because of tainted meat in the UK around this time.
I'd love to give blood, but I can't. 
Which is a shame because I LOVE the free cookies and attention for my "selfless act." (Which is not selfless due to the aforementioned cookies and attention). |
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sojusucks
Joined: 31 May 2008
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| Sadly, my blood is not pure. My blood is not Han. |
That is not the case. Every country has strict rules about who can or cannot donate blood. In America, if you have visited Africa, you are banned, has nothing to do with pure blood etc.
There are lives at stake and countries are going to be careful as is the Red Cross because they surely do not want to be sued by a bereaved family member who lost a relative due to tainted blood getting through.
I wish people would look at the whole picture instead of just parts so they can bash others. I have been accepted and denied and though the denial is tough to take there is a reason.
I was told that the reason for the rule change for foreigners is because some complained about the lack of privacy over their medical records, so it isn't always the Korean's fault, sometimes it is the westerner's. |
Where were you able to give blood? Who rejected you? Did they say why?
So even you admit that the blood donation system in Korea has flaws but you just don't want it discussed on this board? It's a shame that the system has so many problems because lives are at stake. |
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Subtitle
Joined: 05 Nov 2010
Location: Hwaseong-si
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At this point in history I believe (I don't know for sure) that aids tests can show if someone was exposed to the virus within a few months. If that is the case I think it can be certain that it really doesn't matter if someone's gay or not. Gay culture in the US used to be much more promiscuous than, say, single people in their 20s. I don't think that's the case anymore. People in their 20s are more promiscuous than people in their 30s, etc., etc. I think a more logical way to screen people would be to reject everyone in their 20s and screen by questionnaire those over 30.
In other words, I'd trust the blood of a 30 something gay man who's in a relationship over the blood of some college student.
(I am not speaking to the question of what Korea should do. I think that's their business, and it doesn't affect my life at all.) |
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Kimchifart
Joined: 15 Sep 2010
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I was told that the reason for the rule change for foreigners is because some complained about the lack of privacy over their medical records, so it isn't always the Korean's fault, sometimes it is the westerner's. |
Can't read anymore apologist tripe...brain...exploding...kimchi...most delicious food... |
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Murakano
Joined: 10 Sep 2009
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| Sadly, my blood is not pure. My blood is not Han. |
That is not the case. Every country has strict rules about who can or cannot donate blood. In America, if you have visited Africa, you are banned, has nothing to do with pure blood etc.
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same in the UK. You can`t donate blood also if you`ve been to S.A Asia in the last 9 month also. S.America, similar. I don`t know the exact rules in Korea but it`s not just because you`re a foreigner though they make things unnecessarily difficult. I have 2 friends that have given blood in the past over here...a good while back though.
Other rules (UK)
https://secure.blood.co.uk/c11_cant.asp |
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