James Harrison, 74, has an antibody in his plasma that stops babies dying from Rhesus disease, a form of severe anaemia.
He has enabled countless mothers to give birth to healthy babies, including his own daughter, Tracey, who had a healthy son thanks to her father's blood.
Mr Harrison has been giving blood every few weeks since he was 18 years old and has now racked up a total of 984 donations.
When he started donating, his blood was deemed so special his life was insured for one million Australian dollars.
He was also nicknamed the 'man with the golden arm' or the 'man in two million'. His blood has since led to the development of a vaccine called Anti-D.
7 comments:
Wow. What a great thing this guy has been able to do for the world and for the mothers (and fathers) of all the babies who were given a chance at life because of him.
Bless him!
The real Omega Man.
that is really amazing..2 million babies is hard to believe..I cannot think of an hero bigger than this guy..
somebody get him a medal or something
A bigger hero: Norman Borlaug.
So is he geting paid?
Anon, James has an Order of Australia medal and was nominated for Australian of the Year. Joel, I am an anti-D donor just like him, and no, we don't get paid.
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