re aids related questions in article pxf psuvm psu edu pxf psuvm psu edu paula ford writes a friend of mine was a regular volunteer blood donor during surgery he was given five units of blood and after a suitable recovery time he went to donate blood at a bloodmobile he was hiv and did not know it the red cross notified him with a registered letter that s all no counselling no nothing he died two years ago this week he left behind how long ago was this when i said you d get counselling i meant if you did it now long ago practices varied and agencies had to gear up to provide the counselling a wife and a four year old son many people have suggested that his wife should sue the red cross but she would not she says that without the blood transfusions he would have died during the surgery good for her what we don t need is everyone suing community service agencies that provide blood that people need testing is not fool proof the fact that he got aids from a transfusion if he really did does not mean the red cross screwed up prior to or so there wasn t a good test and a lot of bad blood got through this wasn t the fault of the red cross when did he get the transfusions gordon banks n jxp skepticism is the chastity of the intellect and geb cadre dsl pitt edu it is shameful to surrender it too soon
