Extreme Blood Shortage In UK Due To Cyber Attack Due to the cyber attack, there has been an extreme shortage of blood in British hospitals. According to British health workers, a cyber attack on pathology service providers in London last June disrupted the blood supply chain, the BBC reported.
Generally, hospitals check patients’ blood groups. However, after the cyber attack, most of London’s major hospitals have not been able to carry out these tests quickly, which has led to a shortage of universal blood group ‘O’ negatives in particular.
Currently, the UK is said to have a two-day supply of universal blood, which can be given to people of all blood types without medical tests.
In general, it is said that universal blood should be stored for at least six days. Other blood groups should also have at least three to five days of storage, but they are also gradually decreasing, according to health workers.
Therefore, the UK has instructed hospitals not to use universal blood except in emergencies. In addition, citizens have been called upon to donate more blood.
Especially after the cyber attack, people who are ready to donate blood can donate. In addition, British hospitals report that there is a shortage of blood due to the hot weather, the rush to find other blood donors, and people going away for vacations.
