Hi all, have a question to ask.

Yesterday my church had a blood donation drive.

I have donated in 2009 before and thought it was time to do it again after missing so many events.

However, after i have done the filling up of questionaires, i was told that i was refused due to the fact that i domiciled in the United Kingdom (european continent) for more than 6 months (went there to study in 2010 till 2011).

I asked if this was a temporary refusal but they replied that I will be unable to donate forever due to this guidelines.

the questionaire did contain this part:- "have you domiciled in the UK or any of the European Countries for more than 6 months from 1980 till present"

Of course naturally i ticked "Yes"

I just sent a query to Pusat Darah Negara and am waiting for their reply.

In the meantime can anybody shed any light on this?


also If i have gotten a tattoo, how long will i be unable to donate? assuming that equiipments used were sterile and one time use only.

thank you for the kind replies in advance!