NHS Urgently Seeks O-Type Blood Donors After Cyber Attack Disrupts London Hospitals
Ransomware attack on Synnovis hampers blood transfusions, prompting critical appeal for O-positive and O-negative donations.
- Several major London hospitals declared a critical incident, canceling operations and tests.
- The cyber attack by the Russian group Qilin has severely disrupted blood matching processes.
- O-negative blood can be given to any patient, while O-positive can be used for most patients with positive blood types.
- NHS Blood and Transplant has 13,000 donation appointments available this week to replenish stocks.
- Blood has a shelf life of 35 days, necessitating continuous replenishment to support medical procedures.
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