Surfing great Mark Richardson evacuated by LifeFlight to Darwin from Bali
ABCCritically ill surfing great Mark Richardson has been medically evacuated from an Indonesian hospital to Darwin after efforts to transport donations of the rare A negative blood type proved unsuccessful. Friend Fiona Meyer, who was with Richardson in Bali, said 10 bags of the required blood type collected through the Red Cross in Australia had been declined by the hospital in Denpasar. Why Australia's top donor drives 200km every fortnight to give blood Photo shows older man with white hair sitting in chair donating blood holding sign The Red Cross warns a "perfect storm" of blood shortages is looming, so Geoff Blogg keeps rolling up his sleeve. Australian Red Cross Lifeblood spokeswoman Belinda Smetioukh said the service flew six bags of O negative blood and other blood products to help Richardson.
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