He went to donate blood and they asked him: Have you been pregnant for the past six months?
An angry Scottish man left a blood donation center and refused to return, after being asked if he was pregnant.
Leslie Sinclair, from the Albert Halls Clinic in the Scottish city of Stirling, left after refusing to answer a question about whether he was expecting a child or had been pregnant for the previous six months.
Sinclair was brought home on Wednesday night from the facility, despite a much publicized effort by the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) to find 16,000 new donors, with NHS staff refusing to take his blood before he answered a question about pregnancy.
"I'm angry because I've been donating blood since I was 18 and go ahead regularly," according to the Daily Mail, Sinclair said, adding: "I am very happy to do so without any problem."
He explained that while he had no objection to filling out forms about "medical conditions or illnesses" because he knew "blood needs safety", he found the pregnancy question confusing.
The retired driver added: “I indicated to the staff that it was impossible for me to be in this situation, but was told that I would need to answer, otherwise I would not be able to donate blood. I told them this was stupid and that if I had to leave, I would not come back, and that was it. The case, I installed my bike and went. "
The 66-year-old, who claims to have donated more than 125 blood in the past 50 years, denounced the new policy of the National Health Service as "illogical", noting that "there are weak people waiting for blood, including children." And in urgent need of help. "
Usually, pregnant women are asked to wait six months after giving birth to donate blood.
The NHS launched what it described as its largest ever blood drive in October, calling for an unprecedented 100,000 new donors by spring in anticipation of doctors returning to perform elective surgeries that have been largely halted or postponed during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The agency also announced last June that "everyone" will be asked "the same gender-neutral questions" in what the PSA video called "our most comprehensive donation experience to date."
"While the pregnancy is just a relevant question for those whose biological gender or their specified gender at birth is a female, the specified sex at birth is not always clear to employees," said Mark Tourner, director of Snbts.
He cited "the NHS' duty to promote inclusivity" as the basis for the male Sinclair's explicit claim to share his pregnancy.
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