A certain road accident patient with unknown blood group needs immediate blood transfusion. His one doctor friend at once offers his blood. What was the blood group of the donor?
- Blood group B
- Blood group AB
- Blood group O
- Blood group A
Answer
(3) Blood group O
Solution
∵ The patient’s blood group is unknown, the donor’s RBCs must not carry any antigen that the recipient’s plasma could attack.
⇒ As per NCERT, blood group O has no antigens (A or B) on its RBCs.
⇒ Hence group O blood can be donated to persons with any other blood group; O persons are called universal donors.
∴ The doctor friend who offered blood at once must have blood group O.
Answer: (3)