Bombay Blood Type , One in A Million

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It is called Bombay group because, it was first discovered in Bombay. When Bombay Blood group was first encountered, it was found not to be of either group A or B and so was thought to be of Group O. But on further test, it didnot match even for O-ve or O+ve because of the absence of Antigen 'h'.

The rare individuals with Bombay phenotype do not express H substance on their red blood cells and therefore do not bind A or B antigens. Instead, they produce antibodies to H substance (which is present on all red cells except those of hh phenotype) as well as to both A and B antigens and are therefore compatible only with other hh donors.

Individuals with Bombay phenotype blood groups can only be transfused with blood from other Bombay phenotype individuals. Given that this condition is very rare to begin with, any person with this blood group, who needs an urgent blood transfusion, may be simply out of luck, as it would be quite unlikely that any blood bank would have any in stock.

Perhaps there are only few thousands of Rare Bombay Blood Type across the country who can play a vital role in our campaign for registry of rare blood groups. And why only Bombay Blood Types , Any one can support us in this human cause .

So What are you waiting for , Please write to us at issuport@rarebloodgroups.org or Call + 91.9811110088