I
received a phone call today. A lady asked if she could be told the blood group
of her husband who had died four years ago.
Before
I could say anything she launched into the story of how her husband had two
daughters from a previous marriage, but those daughters had serious doubts as
to whether the dead chap was actually their father. The daughters were trying
to secure the blood groups of this dead chap, the putative father (also deceased) and their mother (also deceased). Apparently the daughters
have “done research” and can work out
true parentage “by a process of
elimination”.
I
told the lady that we were not allowed to give out results to patients; she
seemed quite happy with this reply.
I
wonder if the daughters will proceed with their investigations…. If so I hope
someone else takes the phone call…
