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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Storm Newton

VIP donor with ultra-rare blood says she feels ‘honoured’ to help sick patients

(Left) Joanne Matthews manager of the NHS Blood and Transplant, national frozen blood bank, with Mina Stoddart-Stones, 26, from Bridgwater in Somerset, at the NHS Blood And Transplant in Speke, Liverpool (Peter Byrne/PA) -

A woman whose blood is so rare that it can be frozen for up to three decades every time she donates has said she feels “very special and honoured” to be able to help sick patients.

Mina Stoddart-Stones has been giving blood for years, but only recently realised she is considered a “VIP” to NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT).

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