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A Southport couple travelled to a Thai hospital to donate blood to a 21-year-old from Manchester, who desperately needed a transfusion.

Lucy Hill, from Bury, was left suffering with anaemia following surgery after a moped crash.



She suffered a broken pelvis and brain haemorrhage, and was left with anaemia - but there is a shortage of ‘A Negative’ blood in Thailand.

Doctors say fewer then one per cent of Thai people have ‘negative’ blood types so her family and friends launched a social media campaign to try and find Western travellers or ex-pats who may have the same blood type .

Linda Thornton-Kirkpatrick, 48, and Sean Thornton, 47, who are originally from Ainsdale, are currently holidaying in Thailand.

Linda said: "We arrived in Chiang Mai last night but we didn't have an internet connection until this morning. We saw the appeal for bloody for Lucy while we were eating our breakfast, so we left our food and went straight to the hospital.

"I knew I had a negative blood type, but Sean was unsure of his.

"My daughter is the same age as Lucy and I couldn't even begin to imagine what her family and friends are going through.

"Because I'm on medication I wasn't able to give blood, but luckily Sean's was negative too, so he did."

Linda and Sean took a tuk-tuk to the hospital and were joined by fellow travellers with negative blood types. A convoy of vehicles followed behind.

Dozens of people queued outside the Maharaja Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital from 6am this morning, two hours before it opened, to donate blood.

As a result, another six units of blood have been donated, and Lucy is believed to be in a stable condition.