Blood donors queuing at a Thai hospital to help a desperately ill young woman have spoken to the MEN of their determination to save her life.

Lucy Hill, 21, from Bury, suffered a broken pelvis and brain haemorrhage when a car collided with her moped in Chiang Mai on Saturday afternoon.

The graduate was left suffering with anaemia following surgery and is in desperate need of rare ‘A Negative’ blood - which doctors say is in short supply in Thailand.

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

And dozens of travellers and Thai residents turned up to the Red Cross centre and Rajavej Chiang Mai Hospital on Monday morning to donate their blood.

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Thomas Stubley, 28, from Wakefield, said around 60 people were queuing up to donate blood at the hospital in Chiang Mai.

He said: “One of my mates tagged me on Facebook saying she was in hospital and they needed blood.

“I have donated blood a few times before in England so I knew I was O negative.

“There must have been about 50 or 60 people there trying to donate blood - I’ve never seen anything like it. There were people coming in all the time.

“I think like a lot of people I just saw a way I could help and I knew the blood would go straight to her.

“If enough people help hopefully it will make all the difference.”

Liam Fenlon, from Kirkby, is currently travelling in Thailand with his girlfriend Faye and was keen to help Lucy in any way he could.

He visited two hospitals first thing on Monday morning hoping to donate before eventually donating a pint of his O negative blood at the Red Cross centre in Chiang Mai.

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Medics at the centre told Liam that around 15 people have successfully donated blood for Lucy including another couple from Liverpool and several Australians.

He said: “I am from Liverpool and have been travelling with my girlfriend Faye for 3 weeks.

“My mum shared the story on Facebook. So we went the hospital first thing to help. We went to two hospitals before they finally told us to go the Red Cross centre where I successfully donated. “They said they’d had 15 successful donors that was at 11 this morning. There was another couple from Liverpool donating, and a few Australians.

“The Red Cross is next door to Zoe in yellow which is a pub which is a main meeting point and well known amongst travellers. It was well organised compared to hospitals.

“I really feel for her - could happen to anyone of us on our holidays. Praying for her and her family at this time.”

Lucy’s dad Phil Hill today told the M.E.N that dozens of kind-hearted volunteers had been queuing up since 6am in the hope of donating.

Those wishing to donate blood to Lucy are now being advised to contact the Red Cross, on Rachadamnoen Road, in Chiang Mai.

The centre is close to the Zoey pub, three kings monument and Yupparaj Wittayalai School between the hours of 8am and 4pm.