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Urgent Call for O Negative Blood After Sydney Attack
12/18/2025
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Story summary
- On December 15, 2025, Lifeblood issued urgent requests for O negative blood in Sydney after a terror attack injuring 42 people.
- Premier Chris Minns, the New South Wales Premier, urged blood donation and noted O negative donors are under 7%.
- Lifeblood is transferring donations from other states to meet demand.
- Lifeblood's website faced outages from high traffic.
- Lifeblood noted emergency situations require up to 100 donations to save a life.
