Monday, 16 October 2017

NHS praised after racist tweet about sickle cell disease sufferers

NHS praised after racist tweet about sickle cell disease sufferers The NHS has been praised for its response to a racist comment on Twitter regarding black blood donors.

NHS Blood and Transplant tweeted an appeal for more black donors to help black people with sickle cell disease.

A user replied "If we deport all blacks, this will stop being an issue". The NHS responded: "OR.. we could just deport you.".

An NHS spokesman said: "There is no place for any kind of racism within our online communities".

The offending tweet has since been removed. BBC News

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