Canadians who lived in Britain lament not being able to donate blood

A southern Alberta woman says she would like to help Canadian Blood Services ease its blood shortage but she's not allowed to donate.

Sue Carpenter moved to Cochrane, Alta. from England nine years ago.

People who lived in England, France, Saudi Arabia and Western Europe over certain periods of time can't donate blood.

That's because of concerns about Creutzfeldt-Jakob, otherwise known as mad cow disease.

Carpenter is surprised screening practices haven't become more sophisticated since then.

"I just couldn't understand why I was able to give blood for so long in England and yet I couldn't do it here," she said.

"There are an awful lot of Brits that have come to live here and I'm just wondering how many people are being turned away from donating blood because of this."

Carpenter says she was a regular donor in the U.K. and has the universal blood type.

Canadian Blood Services (CBS) sounded the alarm earlier this week that its blood supply is the lowest it's been since 2008. The agency strives to have a five- to eight-day supply of blood on hand. Currently, the supply is down to three days.

Last year CBS and Héma-Québec loosened restrictions on donations from gay men so that they can now give blood if they haven't had sex with a man in five years.

The previous policy barred men from giving blood if they'd had sex with a man, even once, since 1977. It was enacted in an attempt to keep HIV infected blood out of the supply.

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