More than 70,000 well-meaning Hongkongers tried to donate blood last year but were turned away – a 15 per cent rise from the year before – with one in eight donors found to have low iron intake, according to the Hong Kong Red Cross.
Low blood iron levels caused by poor diet choices were the main concern. One in eight would-be donors were told they couldn’t donate due to anaemia or low haemoglobin count, the city’s Red Cross blood transfusion service’s chief...
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