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O-type blood donors needed after London cyber-attack
The NHS says last week's cyber-attack means blood cannot be sorted at the same frequency.
Several London hospitals declared a critical incident, cancelled operations and tests, and were unable to carry out blood transfusions last week after the attack on the pathology firm Synnovis, which Qilin, a Russian group of cyber criminals, is understood to have been behind. Professor Stephen Powis, medical director for NHS England, said staff are going "above and beyond to minimise the significant disruption to patients" caused by the IT attack. "We know that a number of operations and appointments have been postponed or diverted to other neighbouring hospitals not impacted by the cyber-attack, as we prioritise pathology services for the most clinically urgent cases," he added.
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