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> so they either need to take on the financial burden of flying to wherever their blood is needed or refusing to take on the financial burden and knowingly allowing someone to die.

Is that a real case or hypothetical? If real, I would like to explore further as it does seem rather inappropriate.

In my experience, the blood can be drawn locally and then sent to the recipient. That's also true for bone marrow & peripheral blood stem cell donations.

Source: I am a transfusion medicine physician.