Dancehall Artiste Rejected As Blood Donor For J Capri
Dancehall artiste Radijah was in for a surprise when he went to the National Blood Transfusion Service to give blood for fellow artiste J Capri.
He did not know that if you have had a tattoo in the past 12 months, then you can’t give blood, and his donation was refused by the officials there.
“I really wanted to give blood for J Capri because she is an artiste like me but I was shocked when they told me that I couldn’t give blood because I had got a tattoo in the past 12 months. I guess they must have their reasons but this is the 21st century, why can’t they just do a test to see if everything is right, so I can give blood,” he said.
J Capri, 23, whose given name Jordan Phillips, was hospitalised last Sunday after her vehicle overturned. Reports said a car she was driving slammed into a wall in BarbicanSquare about 3am. She was rushed to hospital following the collision.
One doctor who spoke on condition of anonymity said:
“Although tattooing and piercing are much safer than some medical professionals like to indicate, there is still always a chance of getting and carrying a disease unknowingly, especially Hepatitis,” the doctor said.
“If you should happen to contract a disease from a tattoo or piercing, it should show up in a screening after 12 months, which is the reason for the waiting period.”
