City hospital battles to find blood platelets for teen on life support.(News)

From: Pretoria News (South Africa) | Date: November 26, 2007 | Copyright information

A Pretoria father is greatly relieved after hospital staff finally managed to procure suitable blood platelets for his 18-year-old daughter, who is on life support.

Richard Adam's daughter Samantha is receiving treatment for suspected meningitis in Kloof Hospital.

Adam said yesterday his daughter's blood platelet count was a tenth of what it should be and the hospital struggled to source platelets for a transfusion.

He said part of the reason for t...

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