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Tuesday, 19 February 2019

Department of Health

Blood Transfusion Service Provision

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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389. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 28 February 2018, the status of a pilot programme; if results are available from the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8054/19]

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Irish Blood Transfusion Service is now accepting hereditary haemochromatosis patients who are eligible to donate blood at their fixed and mobile donation clinics nationwide. 

Patients can attend a maximum of four times a year with a minimum of ninety days between phlebotomies.  The patient's hereditary haemochromatosis will continue to be managed by their treating physician, including the monitoring of ferritin levels. 

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