ROURKELA, Oct. 31 -- Four youths of Rourkela turned life saviour for a patient by donating rare blood group 'Bombay Phenotype'. It is pertinent to mention that the patient Santosh Kumar Behera, a resident of Balasore underwent heart surgery in the year 2016 at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar during when the same youths had come forward to donate him blood.

Expressing satisfaction after donating the rare 'HH-Bombay +Ve Blood', one of the donors Manas Ranjan Pradhan said, "I am donating blood for the 13th time. As I have got such a rare blood group, I feel grateful to help the ones who need it,."

"In the year 1999-2000, I came to know about my rare blood Bombay Phenotype. I get phone calls from blood bank and concerned persons whenever th...