the northern ireland blood transfusion service has apologised to 120 members of the indian communityere turned away from giving blood. they weren't allowed to do so because of confusion about whether they had been to india and needed a malaria test. peter coulter reports. members of northern ireland's indian community wanted to organise this blood drive to try and do something positive. they said ten months of planning went into the event and 120 were due to attend. there are people who had travelled from derry, and others who had travelled from further locations. there were all, like, indian people there. then there was confusion surrounding antibody tests for malaria, if you have been in india you may need a test for donating. most were then turned away. you don't need to present a passport for your citizenship, it was just looking at the face. they asked if we had been to india in the last six months. a couple of guys have taken half a day off for this. it was really shocking and embarrassing. the northern ireland blood transfusion service issued a statement, saying it was a break

the northern ireland blood transfusion service has apologised to 120 members of the indian communitydia and needed a malaria test. peter coulter reports. members of northern ireland's indian community wanted to organise this blood drive to do something positive. around 120 people were due to attend. there are people who travel from delhi, and those who travel from delhi, and those who travel from delhi, and those who travel from derry, because there are people all over the place. if you we re people all over the place. if you were born in india or have lived there, you may need to take a test before you donate. in the end, most of them were turned away. they didn't check your passport or anything, they were just looking at the face. they did not check weather you have been there in the last three or six months. a couple of guys we re three or six months. a couple of guys were taking half a day off. three or six months. a couple of guys were taking half a day offm is shocking and embarrassing. the blood transfusion service has issued a statement saying there was a breakdown in communi