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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Maroosha Muzaffar

‘Man with the golden arm’: Grandfather whose rare blood saved millions of babies dies aged 88

James Harrison, who helped save more than two million babies by donating blood over 1,100 times across six decades, has died at 88.

According to the Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, Harrison, also known as the “man with the golden arm”, had the “precious antibody in his blood” that was used to make a “lifesaving medication called Anti-D, given to mothers whose blood is at risk of attacking their unborn babies”.

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