A man was prevented from donating blood Wednesday after he refused to answer a question asking if he was pregnant.
Leslie Sinclair, a 66-year-old father from Scotland, said he was denied after nearly five decades of donating more than 125 pints of blood, according to a report.
Prior to his rejection at the Albert Halls clinic, Sinclair was asked to fill out a form that included a question asking if he was expecting a child or had been pregnant in the previous six months, he said.
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Sinclair said the question did not apply to him, but the staff disagreed, according to the report.
“I am angry because I have been giving blood since I was 18 and have regularly gone along,” Sinclair said. “I’m very happy to do so without any problem.”
Sinclair told a worker at the clinic it is “impossible” for him to get pregnant, but staff insisted that he answer the question if he wished to give blood, he said.
“I told them that was stupid and that if I had to leave, I wouldn’t be back,” he said. “And that was it, I got on my bike and cycled away.”
He has no intention of returning to the clinic, he said.
Sinclair was rejected amid a push for new donors, he said, and he is angry because “vulnerable people” need donations.
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“But they’ve been denied my blood because of the obligation to answer a question that can’t possibly be answered,” Sinclair said.
