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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
When I first moved to Japan, there were Mobile Collection Units set up around major train stations all the time. When ever I went in, I was ever so politely refused... Foreign blood was not up to Japanese standards...
About 10 years later, after some court cases and a lot of negative publicity, they began accepting blood donations from foreigners, and all was well... until it was discovered that the 'foreign blood' was being discarded later on. That made for another interesting scandal.
These days we hope the local medical profession is more professional.
Stitchawl
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Such an interesting culture. Sweeping stuff under the carpet and hoping no-one will notice doesn't even begin to cover it...