A Rare and Clinically Important Blood Group- Bombay Blood Group

Bombay blood group is the rarest blood group in the world. It is a blood group which shows absence of A,B,H antigens on red cells and presence of anti- A, anti-B and potent wide thermal range anti-H antibodies in serum reacting with all O blood group1. Dr. Y.M. Bhende first discovered Bombay blood group in 1952 at Bombay in India now known as Mumbai.This is the reason why this blood group got the name Bombay blood group. No specific statistics of people with Bombay blood group in Bangladesh is available. The first person with Bombay blood group was identified in Bangladesh. in Narayangonj. Till now four people of Bombay blood group found in Bangladesh. Among them three are sisters of same family12.So the transfusion centers should have the means and the thought to test for Bombay group.