Dr. Manuel Algora, a clinical pathologist and director of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi’s blood bank, and his team began working with Abu Dhabi Blood Bank to find suitable donors, and also tested Daina’s relatives. A compatible donor was found in Abu Dhabi who could donate one of the six units needed for the surgery.

However, as blood donors can only give blood every eight weeks, the team had to widen the search across the Gulf region, and as far afield as Malaysia and Spain. Eventually, two units of matching blood were found in Kuwait.

While managing the logistics of importing the blood was underway, the team worked with Abu Dhabi Blood Bank to collect four units of blood from Daina herself.

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