Victim in critical condition to receive blood transfusion

Victim in critical condition to receive blood transfusion

TOKYO, Japan - Hisashi Ouchi, 35, one of the two in critical condition after being exposed to high levels of radiation at the Sept. 28 nuclear accident, is transported Oct. 2 to the University of Tokyo Hospital in Tokyo from the National Institute of Radiological Sciences in the city of Chiba, east of Tokyo, to receive a transfusion of blood taken from a newborn's umbilical cord and the mother's placenta. Such blood is used for patients with deteriorating blood production capabilities.

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