Published Tuesday, October 31, 2006 by Mihai Sarbu
Mihai Sarbus writes that in Romania — the home of Vlad Dracula — their hospitals are running out of blood. The number of people volunteering to donate blood has declined steadily in recent years. Health-care professionals fear that joining the European Union will bring crisis-level blood shortages. Why? European regulations forbid any kind of remuneration for this service. Socialism and blood donation are not a good mix.
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Shortages, Bloody Shortages (1.28 MB)