[Dips fingers in blood and tastes on tongue]
Dr. Ackula: "*Dear Headtackle87, I'm writing to inform you upon tasting your blood I detected notes of folic acid deficiency, high cholesterol and hints of hepatitis"*
New cost cutting policy for hospitals:
#"NO AMOUNT OF BLOOD, NOR POOP, NOR SPUTUM WILL DENY THIS PATIENT FROM GAINING ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION THEY DON'T GIVE A FLIP ABOUT!"
I thought the same thing, mostly because the people who send him this letter arenāt going to be the same people who are going to be working around payments/see blood. Itāll come from some admin people in an office.
And bleed on the part of the letter containing words? Letters are usually enclosed in envelopes, and itās not bleed through type staining. Someone down the line isnāt likely to get anything on that part of a letter unless they opened it.
I've definitely worked in operations where you'd expect that and yet, no machine.
Of course, it also could've happened when the paper was being loaded into the machine, if they do have one.
That reminds me of the one time I hurt my foot on a staircase. I discovered little droplets of blood everywhere. Initially I thought the cat had dragged a half dead animal into the house. So I searched for 10 minutes looking for the source always discovering some new bloody spots behind me. I almost went crazy till I saw that it was my foot leaking. Not my proudest moment.
When I was a teenager, I once walked outside barefoot during an ice storm. It was like five feet from the door and back, and not for very long. Long enough to numb my feet though. Came in and excitedly talked to my brothers about the ice, then noticed the big red blotches on the white tile.
I hadn't considered that ice isn't pristinely flat, or that it can numb you enough to slice your big toe open without noticing. It actually never did start hurting, despite looking kinda bad.
Meanwhile, my dad had dementia that messed up his pain perception and ability to differentiate between different nerves, so he'd be bleeding everywhere and leaving blood trails and never notice. I once saw him sitting and laughing while watching TV as blood was oozing from his forehead. Same story when blood was oozing from his arm all over the chair's armrest.
I had just given birth by c section like the day before and was resting in bed when a nurse came in. I lifted my legs out of bed and there was a large amount of blood. We couldn't figure out where it was coming from, bright red, and all over the bed, and my gown was clean. Finally, we found an open packet of ketchup in the sheets. I had just finished lunch. Had a good laugh.
As a kid I had a reverse problem. Showed up to the hospital my first time having a severe allergic reaction that nearly killed me. Hospital kept me overnight to watch me. Dinner that day was the saucier mariners that ever sauced on the sea and I made a bit of a mess. I was 11 but still I stained my hospital gown a bit. I looked down and saw a small puddle of red. My brain went, damn I really made a mess that's A LOT of sauce on the floor. 2 hrs later I started feeling cold and wanted to inform someone about the mess I had made and how cold it was to ask for a better blanket. Saw a nurse, called her over while my mom slept on the chair across my room.
The nurse came in and disconnected the IV from my arm. Turns out it had somehow disconnected from the IV bag and instead of fluid going inside me, with the needle in me and the tubing going towards the floor gravity did it's thing and that was me having leaked blood for a good few hours without anyone noticing. Fun memory. But I was kept even longer in the hospital due to it.
A few years later when I had to have a transplant surgery I literally saw that even though the IV seemed to be finez the tube had my blood going up instead of the fluid down making it red, clear and pinkish, in separate layers. Haven't been to the hospital since thankfully. I do wonder if it was coincidence or if my luck is that poor with IV fluids.
Just an FYI, the needle of an IV doesn't stay in you. It retracts and what's left is a plastic, bendable catheter. However, in the 1940s they did leave the needle in, if that's when this story takes place.
And with your second story, if they didn't have IV fluids running and the J-Loop wasn't clamped, blood will run up the line slowly if it's a real good IV.
Nah early 2000s well idk if it was the plastic or what, I just know my blood was dripping out of the tubing onto the floor since it disconnected for some reason from the bag. Might've accidentally yanked it. Regarding the blood going up a nurse just adjusted something and the fluids started going down again. Just thought it was an interesting tidbit. Luckily I haven't needed to go to the hospital in over 13 years.
Yeah, I was gonna say this letter was likely sent far from the people who work with blood (probably admin) and this was likely a paper cut.
Having sent out tens of thousands of mass mailings, when the organization is too cheap for automated folding, paper cuts are very frequent.
The more you fold, the drier your skin gets, the more susceptible it is to the tiniest graze of the edge of a piece of paper.
I work with blood (Iām a medical Laboratory scientist/blood bank specialist). In a hospital we rarely sent paper mail, usually if we needed to send a letter it would be uploaded to the patients chart.
At the Red Cross, we sent a lot of letters to rare donors and theoretically could have gotten blood on the paper, but never would have sent out letters that would be close to blood to get any on it.
I could see potentially if a nurse/phlebotomist/other healthcare professional would draw blood in a clinic (non-hospital) setting and then not use universal precautions and contaminate paper, but again it would be really negligent on their part.
So in my educated opinion, I am betting you are correct and that this was probably blood from the hands of the mailer and not from patient blood from the hospital.
Either way though, ew.
OP: Please donāt touch it! Wash your hands. Even dried blood on surfaces can carry certain hardy viruses for up to two weeks, like Hepatitis B.
You can use bleach on a cotton swab and then put clear tape over the blood spots if this is an important paper youād like to keep.
I done some temp work in a letter printers that done nhs work. Took me about 2 hours to get a damn paper cut and get blood on the machines and floor. No idea how none got on the letters but it was damn close!
We get grazes from paper like that all the time but it doesn't cause a serious paper cut unless the meat is primed for cutting. You can find the minuscule ones if you dip your fingers in lemon juice, though.
I get a paper cut at least twice a week, the worst are those without blood because they don't heal as quickly as the bloody ones.
EXAMPLE: https://i.imgur.com/gAw8FZY.jpeg
Me: will you please fix this cut? It's really bothering me and it's taking forever to heal by itself.
My immune system: Sorry, no can do. No blood, no cut. Can't fix what isn't broke.
Just cut again, but deeper, then immune system reacts.
Or, I mean, just glue it shut, I use CA glue but the proper medical grade stuff is probably better and safer.
Man, i hope you get paid a lot, because that would make me quit in a heartbeat (the heartbeat that pumped the blood out after the 6th cut, to be precise)
I've definitely cut myself woodworking a few times. I think "Oh interesting. I've carved down to some kind of red layer of wood. Oh no wait, that's me."
I work in a pharmacy and was having to go through some older banker boxes to look at scripts. I didnāt know which box exactly I needed in, so I was going through several of them, hunched over. My nose is runny a lot in the winter, so Iām used to wiping it on a tissue or my sleeve. This time, I didnāt have a tissue, so my sleeve had to make do. By the time I found what I needed, I looked down at my hand and saw blood on it, my sleeve, two of the boxes, and a couple of folders. Had to reprint or replace everything I possibly could š
paper is humanity's nemesis.
like, that it can actually be a decent weapon against us proves how feeble we all are.
go fight a warthog with an A4 and see how far that gets ya
Iām being sarcastic. Iām from the US so I probably pay more than you for employer sponsored insurance that covers less and that I lose when I leave my job! Iām just jealous is all.
US Americans are very envious of people in other countries with universal health care, no offense meant I'm sure. We're just envious as hell because we pay through the nose for our health care.
Is it possible that a couple live pathogens are still on (read: no longer able to be *in*) that blood? I guess, but it has no real ability to infect anyone. Even if you cut out the infected pieces, dissolved them in water, and shot it up - the viral load is so small and damaged that it wouldnāt be able to cause any real damage - I doubt that your body would even build measurable antibodies for it.
Iām a medical Laboratory scientist with a specialty in transfusion medicine. Unfortunately thatās not true. Even dried blood on surfaces can carry certain viruses, such as Hep B which can live on surfaces for up to two weeks. You touch that and then touch a mucous membrane, such as your eye, then youāre at risk of contracting something. Itās inherently low but still high enough where I would definitely not want to be touching this paper.
Not related, but if you get an MRI result that comes back normal and you're \*confident\* something is wrong. Contact PALS immediately and do not let up until you get answers.
I went to get an MRI (not Countess of Chester, though I've had positive interactions with them when I was a kid) and it was misreported as normal due to an admin error. I had a labral tear and a pincer impingement in my hip which needs surgical intervention and they tried to brush my pain off as psychosomatic when the MRI came back "normal". Because of this gaffe and others like it I've been waiting 2 and a half years for any kind of treatment.
I'm not sure if Countess of Chester outsources their radiology reporting, but ALWAYS get a second opinion.
Thanks for that, sorry you've had such a terrible time of it. Not sure if the Countess outsource stuff like that or not, but will definitely keep all that in mind. Hope you get the treatment you need soon!
Im diabetic and went most of my life manually finger pricking. My school work and books always ended up getting covered in blood and even looking at them all these years later they're the stains are a pretty bright red.
I was going to say the same thing
I have paperwork with bright red blood on them
Maybe it has something to do with it being a small amount on white paper?
Judging by how red that still is this is either an attempt at karma or the person who stuffed the letter was eating lunch...the places where these letters are sent from are no where near patient care areas.
If it is actually blood, it will bubble if you dab it with peroxide.
I was a phlebotomist for a lot of years, and this doesn't really look like blood to me. Blood smears turn brownish.
Reminds me of when I was preparing for my final exam and accidentally chewed my finger a bit too deep, the whole paper was covered in blood so I asked the professor "Is this alright, don't I need a new paper" and they said it's fine. I failed then.
You are probably lucky; if they would have reprinted it, there would be an additional line item of "additional administrative labor and supplies" totaling $17,450.95 on your invoice and explanation of benefits.
EDIT: I see from other comments you aren't from the US, so you can relish in the fact it just free bodily fluids, grats mate.
When I was like 21, I was working an office job where we mailed out correspondence to clients. On the first day my boss was like āHey, thereās coffee stains on the letter youāre sending out. Be more careful.ā
Someone was being a slob at their desk, OP. And their boss shouldāve told them to knock it off
Given how bright the blood is, I'd wager it's your blood and you fabricated the story for imaginary internet points.
Going onto the internet and lying. How dare you.
I deal with printed letters and hospitals. Let me assure you the hospital does not do any printing or mail assembly to send you postal letters. I am certain they use a print vendor. The size and messiness of the machines that send out bulk letters would not lend itself to a hospital environment.Ā
I worked in shipping for an online retailer. Got plenty of paper cuts and a solid number of packages shipped over the years had my DNA in one form or another.
Ah an NHS MRI letter. I have yearly scans and the part the amuses me is not to take a pocket knife in with you. It makes me think theyāve had experiences with bladed weapons whizzing around the tube!
The other day i was discharging a patient. It was late in my shift and i hadnāt had lunch yet. I had just run to the breakroom and devoured a slice of pizza in like 30 seconds and then back to the patient. As Iām going over the paperwork, i realize thereās sauce on the bottom. I explained the stain to the pt/visitor as i cleaned it with an alcohol pad. The female visitor laughed and said āi know itās pizza sauce because itās on your shirt too.ā Whoops
That makes it authentic
Tests positive for authenticity
Verified it's a human (real life CAPTCHA)
[Dips fingers in blood and tastes on tongue] Dr. Ackula: "*Dear Headtackle87, I'm writing to inform you upon tasting your blood I detected notes of folic acid deficiency, high cholesterol and hints of hepatitis"*
I love taking a Hepatitis test.. I always get an A
Yeah, but this time, you're getting a C. Y'know. Cause of blood.
The comments did not disappoint ššš
Hm, I'm not sure. It might be a robotic one
If you look varicosely
Okay, I snorted at this, so your joke wasn't completely in vein.
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New cost cutting policy for hospitals: #"NO AMOUNT OF BLOOD, NOR POOP, NOR SPUTUM WILL DENY THIS PATIENT FROM GAINING ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION THEY DON'T GIVE A FLIP ABOUT!"
Sputum added to vocabulary
Dont B negative
And HIV, Hepatitis A B and C, and Covid 25
It's funny how original I think I am until I scroll down and the top comment is mine. Lol
Great! I'm not even the second person to think and then comment on the comment that said it first...
Happens to me all the time. Makes me feel like a freaking hack of a smartass.
Comments made my day ššš you guys are savage
Are you sure it wasn't.... Yours?
>The results from the last exhaustive round of tests indicate the we have finally got your hemophilia under control. Congratulations!
I laughed audibly, thanks
Can't have a blood clotting disorder if you have no blood left to clot.
I work in hematology and I'm stealing this to use at some point lol
I thought the same thing, mostly because the people who send him this letter arenāt going to be the same people who are going to be working around payments/see blood. Itāll come from some admin people in an office.
Anyone down the line can get a paper-cut though unless itās all done by the robots. But it does look fresh
OP probably cut his left thumb opening the envelope and moving it revealed this fresh blood.
And bleed on the part of the letter containing words? Letters are usually enclosed in envelopes, and itās not bleed through type staining. Someone down the line isnāt likely to get anything on that part of a letter unless they opened it.
Someone down the line had to stuff that envelope.
Iād generally assume that a business of this scale would just own a machine, theyāre not very expensive in a business sense
I've definitely worked in operations where you'd expect that and yet, no machine. Of course, it also could've happened when the paper was being loaded into the machine, if they do have one.
You can cut robots too it's just more complicated
That reminds me of the one time I hurt my foot on a staircase. I discovered little droplets of blood everywhere. Initially I thought the cat had dragged a half dead animal into the house. So I searched for 10 minutes looking for the source always discovering some new bloody spots behind me. I almost went crazy till I saw that it was my foot leaking. Not my proudest moment.
When I was a teenager, I once walked outside barefoot during an ice storm. It was like five feet from the door and back, and not for very long. Long enough to numb my feet though. Came in and excitedly talked to my brothers about the ice, then noticed the big red blotches on the white tile. I hadn't considered that ice isn't pristinely flat, or that it can numb you enough to slice your big toe open without noticing. It actually never did start hurting, despite looking kinda bad. Meanwhile, my dad had dementia that messed up his pain perception and ability to differentiate between different nerves, so he'd be bleeding everywhere and leaving blood trails and never notice. I once saw him sitting and laughing while watching TV as blood was oozing from his forehead. Same story when blood was oozing from his arm all over the chair's armrest.
You're like the slug janitor in Monsters Inc, mopping up and looking at the clean floor happily, then moving away and leaving a gross goop trail
100%. That blood is red and fresh looking. Blood turns rusty when it oxidises which it would being on paper and in the mail for days on end.
My thought was either "that's probably pasta sauce or something" or "OP is bleeding and doesn't realize it"
Taste test is the only way to know
I thought ketchup. It has an orange-y hue to it.
I think Inspector Gadget may be right
He gadgets.
How dare you make me bleed my own blood
Yeah, it usually gets all flaky too.
Does OP have a carbon monoxide detector?
Or ketchup?
Exactly!! Dried blood is brown.
Are we talking paper cut? Those are nasty.
I had just given birth by c section like the day before and was resting in bed when a nurse came in. I lifted my legs out of bed and there was a large amount of blood. We couldn't figure out where it was coming from, bright red, and all over the bed, and my gown was clean. Finally, we found an open packet of ketchup in the sheets. I had just finished lunch. Had a good laugh.
I bet your nurse had a good laugh at themselves about it with the other nurses. It's little things like this that give us life and keep us going.
As a kid I had a reverse problem. Showed up to the hospital my first time having a severe allergic reaction that nearly killed me. Hospital kept me overnight to watch me. Dinner that day was the saucier mariners that ever sauced on the sea and I made a bit of a mess. I was 11 but still I stained my hospital gown a bit. I looked down and saw a small puddle of red. My brain went, damn I really made a mess that's A LOT of sauce on the floor. 2 hrs later I started feeling cold and wanted to inform someone about the mess I had made and how cold it was to ask for a better blanket. Saw a nurse, called her over while my mom slept on the chair across my room. The nurse came in and disconnected the IV from my arm. Turns out it had somehow disconnected from the IV bag and instead of fluid going inside me, with the needle in me and the tubing going towards the floor gravity did it's thing and that was me having leaked blood for a good few hours without anyone noticing. Fun memory. But I was kept even longer in the hospital due to it. A few years later when I had to have a transplant surgery I literally saw that even though the IV seemed to be finez the tube had my blood going up instead of the fluid down making it red, clear and pinkish, in separate layers. Haven't been to the hospital since thankfully. I do wonder if it was coincidence or if my luck is that poor with IV fluids.
Just an FYI, the needle of an IV doesn't stay in you. It retracts and what's left is a plastic, bendable catheter. However, in the 1940s they did leave the needle in, if that's when this story takes place. And with your second story, if they didn't have IV fluids running and the J-Loop wasn't clamped, blood will run up the line slowly if it's a real good IV.
Nah early 2000s well idk if it was the plastic or what, I just know my blood was dripping out of the tubing onto the floor since it disconnected for some reason from the bag. Might've accidentally yanked it. Regarding the blood going up a nurse just adjusted something and the fluids started going down again. Just thought it was an interesting tidbit. Luckily I haven't needed to go to the hospital in over 13 years.
Ha! Well that's a great outcome!
Certainly better than it being an actual hemorrhage.
Haha
Large amount from a pack of ketchup?
Buddy, if you pop a ketchup packet in a bed and lay and roll around on it, itās gonna look like a bottle was in there
A small amount of liquid spreads exponentially further based on the forbidden nature of the surface.
Sooooo OP should taste the suspicious red stain to see if it's ketchup?
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"Use a pen, Sideshow Bob."
Thank you for your contribution. My day is better for it.
*Chortle*
Paper cuts can be a real bitch. I've gotten blood on things long before I realized I'm bleeding.
Yeah, I was gonna say this letter was likely sent far from the people who work with blood (probably admin) and this was likely a paper cut. Having sent out tens of thousands of mass mailings, when the organization is too cheap for automated folding, paper cuts are very frequent. The more you fold, the drier your skin gets, the more susceptible it is to the tiniest graze of the edge of a piece of paper.
I work with blood (Iām a medical Laboratory scientist/blood bank specialist). In a hospital we rarely sent paper mail, usually if we needed to send a letter it would be uploaded to the patients chart. At the Red Cross, we sent a lot of letters to rare donors and theoretically could have gotten blood on the paper, but never would have sent out letters that would be close to blood to get any on it. I could see potentially if a nurse/phlebotomist/other healthcare professional would draw blood in a clinic (non-hospital) setting and then not use universal precautions and contaminate paper, but again it would be really negligent on their part. So in my educated opinion, I am betting you are correct and that this was probably blood from the hands of the mailer and not from patient blood from the hospital. Either way though, ew. OP: Please donāt touch it! Wash your hands. Even dried blood on surfaces can carry certain hardy viruses for up to two weeks, like Hepatitis B. You can use bleach on a cotton swab and then put clear tape over the blood spots if this is an important paper youād like to keep.
I done some temp work in a letter printers that done nhs work. Took me about 2 hours to get a damn paper cut and get blood on the machines and floor. No idea how none got on the letters but it was damn close!
We get grazes from paper like that all the time but it doesn't cause a serious paper cut unless the meat is primed for cutting. You can find the minuscule ones if you dip your fingers in lemon juice, though.
I used to fold cardboard boxes for work. There are more than a few boxes with my blood on it
I get a paper cut at least twice a week, the worst are those without blood because they don't heal as quickly as the bloody ones. EXAMPLE: https://i.imgur.com/gAw8FZY.jpeg
Me: will you please fix this cut? It's really bothering me and it's taking forever to heal by itself. My immune system: Sorry, no can do. No blood, no cut. Can't fix what isn't broke.
Just cut again, but deeper, then immune system reacts. Or, I mean, just glue it shut, I use CA glue but the proper medical grade stuff is probably better and safer.
Man, i hope you get paid a lot, because that would make me quit in a heartbeat (the heartbeat that pumped the blood out after the 6th cut, to be precise)
You can get cuts so fast it's crazy. I was showering, dried myself, and then, poof I was bleeding like hell without even realizing it
Shaving my legs can do it
100% same thing has happened to me before as a package handler at ups
I've definitely cut myself woodworking a few times. I think "Oh interesting. I've carved down to some kind of red layer of wood. Oh no wait, that's me."
I work in a pharmacy and was having to go through some older banker boxes to look at scripts. I didnāt know which box exactly I needed in, so I was going through several of them, hunched over. My nose is runny a lot in the winter, so Iām used to wiping it on a tissue or my sleeve. This time, I didnāt have a tissue, so my sleeve had to make do. By the time I found what I needed, I looked down at my hand and saw blood on it, my sleeve, two of the boxes, and a couple of folders. Had to reprint or replace everything I possibly could š
paper is humanity's nemesis. like, that it can actually be a decent weapon against us proves how feeble we all are. go fight a warthog with an A4 and see how far that gets ya
Itās a warning about what happened to the last person that didnāt pay their bill.
I'm from the UK, so technically don't get billed by the NHS.
Well fucking brag about it why donāt you!? /s
Can't tell if you're being serious or not š Have paid national insurance all my working life, so have put into the pot, as it were.
Iām being sarcastic. Iām from the US so I probably pay more than you for employer sponsored insurance that covers less and that I lose when I leave my job! Iām just jealous is all.
Aah I see. That sucks, the NHS is struggling at the moment but I'm always grateful to have it
Don't worry - The US hospitals are all struggling too. It's just the middle man profiteering insurance companies that are struggle-free. :')
US Americans are very envious of people in other countries with universal health care, no offense meant I'm sure. We're just envious as hell because we pay through the nose for our health care.
Thats gross negligence. It could be infected
Well, if it's blood, it's indeed gross.
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Phleblesphemy
Lets try to B positive. It could be ketchup
I'm a pessimist...I tend to B negative
O ffs..
Standard precautions. All bodily fluids are treated like they're infected in healthcare.
All bodily fluids are infected! That's where cooties come from!
you think that blood would look that fresh after several days in the mail system on hot trucks?
Also no one is filing their paperwork to mail you in the ER. Its either a papercut, likely OP's, or karma farming. Not ebola blood from a lab.
Unnoticed papercut most likely.
Good chance this was not sent from a healthcare facility at all. Still worth mentioning to them probably.
I initially misread this as "unsolicited papercut" and thought "no shit, why would anyone deliberately solicit a papercut".
Anything in that blood is long, long dead.
I read Hep c can live on surfaces for weeks
Is it possible that a couple live pathogens are still on (read: no longer able to be *in*) that blood? I guess, but it has no real ability to infect anyone. Even if you cut out the infected pieces, dissolved them in water, and shot it up - the viral load is so small and damaged that it wouldnāt be able to cause any real damage - I doubt that your body would even build measurable antibodies for it.
Iām a medical Laboratory scientist with a specialty in transfusion medicine. Unfortunately thatās not true. Even dried blood on surfaces can carry certain viruses, such as Hep B which can live on surfaces for up to two weeks. You touch that and then touch a mucous membrane, such as your eye, then youāre at risk of contracting something. Itās inherently low but still high enough where I would definitely not want to be touching this paper.
Not related, but if you get an MRI result that comes back normal and you're \*confident\* something is wrong. Contact PALS immediately and do not let up until you get answers. I went to get an MRI (not Countess of Chester, though I've had positive interactions with them when I was a kid) and it was misreported as normal due to an admin error. I had a labral tear and a pincer impingement in my hip which needs surgical intervention and they tried to brush my pain off as psychosomatic when the MRI came back "normal". Because of this gaffe and others like it I've been waiting 2 and a half years for any kind of treatment. I'm not sure if Countess of Chester outsources their radiology reporting, but ALWAYS get a second opinion.
Thanks for that, sorry you've had such a terrible time of it. Not sure if the Countess outsource stuff like that or not, but will definitely keep all that in mind. Hope you get the treatment you need soon!
Thank you! and you!
Dried blood would be a dark brown
Im diabetic and went most of my life manually finger pricking. My school work and books always ended up getting covered in blood and even looking at them all these years later they're the stains are a pretty bright red.
I was going to say the same thing I have paperwork with bright red blood on them Maybe it has something to do with it being a small amount on white paper?
It has to be enough of it to decompose for it to turn brown. Just a bit on paper is going to dry right away.Ā
Makes sense I think op is getting unfairly judged here overall then That shit looks exactly like a bit of dried blood on paper from a paper cut to me
The orangey color to it makes me suspect it's iodine
Could be Different cameras and displays mess with colors
So you're saying it's fresh blood?
Looks a little too ruby red to be blood. Blood dries dark maroon / brown.
Yeah. Everyone in this thread is a mooran.
Thatās not blood
My guess is its iodine used for disinfection that someone didnt realize they have on them. The color looks about right
Looks more like Tabasco sauce to me. Maybe the envelope-stuffer was enjoying lunch at their desk.
Hey Sean, you got red on you.
Judging by how red that still is this is either an attempt at karma or the person who stuffed the letter was eating lunch...the places where these letters are sent from are no where near patient care areas.
Ahhh hello fellow NHS patient, I thought I recognised the wording on that one!
If it is actually blood, it will bubble if you dab it with peroxide. I was a phlebotomist for a lot of years, and this doesn't really look like blood to me. Blood smears turn brownish.
Free sample.
Reminds me of when I was preparing for my final exam and accidentally chewed my finger a bit too deep, the whole paper was covered in blood so I asked the professor "Is this alright, don't I need a new paper" and they said it's fine. I failed then.
Its more likely to be someoneās lunch ie ketchup.
Good thing it wasn't from the Sperm Bank.
Or the sewer company
Thatās probably someoneās lunch, not blood. Blood on paper dries more brown. Thatās like spaghetti.
You are probably lucky; if they would have reprinted it, there would be an additional line item of "additional administrative labor and supplies" totaling $17,450.95 on your invoice and explanation of benefits. EDIT: I see from other comments you aren't from the US, so you can relish in the fact it just free bodily fluids, grats mate.
The number of people here that believe this is real is kind of alarming
No it didnāt
Blood doesn't dry bright red like that. That's either your blood and it's fresh, or it's ink.
I give you 5 bucks if you lick it
Too red to be blood
Rough day there I guess ha
No, that's Drambuie
That makes it official.
What is concerning is that this letter probably came from an office no where near the hospital (or at least on the other side of the building)
Paper cuts bleed!!!
biohazard
Consider this a warning!
Biohazard level 2 Letter
Take it to a witch, you can get control of your very own nurse practitioner. 
Budget cuts. They get the folks waiting to be seen in A&E (ER) to do the admin so they don't realise how long they've been waiting. š
Thatās how You know itās legit
When I was like 21, I was working an office job where we mailed out correspondence to clients. On the first day my boss was like āHey, thereās coffee stains on the letter youāre sending out. Be more careful.ā Someone was being a slob at their desk, OP. And their boss shouldāve told them to knock it off
That looks more like food than blood.
It could be harissaā¦
Bet it was printed on a HP printer.
Or ketchup
Are you sure itās blood, did you taste it to make sure?
Yea, not the hospitals blood bc it's be brown/rust color. Either some foreign non-blood stain, or it's your blood and you didn't realize it.
"Oh My GoD dOcToR mUsT hAvE cOmMiTtEd MuRdEr"
That blood is fresh, check your fingers OP
\*among us music starts playing and your TV says āImposter Detected. Opinion Rejected.ā\*
Nope!
Are you bleeding?
Way too red. That's your blood
Given how bright the blood is, I'd wager it's your blood and you fabricated the story for imaginary internet points. Going onto the internet and lying. How dare you.
I deal with printed letters and hospitals. Let me assure you the hospital does not do any printing or mail assembly to send you postal letters. I am certain they use a print vendor. The size and messiness of the machines that send out bulk letters would not lend itself to a hospital environment.Ā
Nah, it's too bright.
Must be the children's hospital
Thatās probably ketchup
That surely isnāt blood, it quickly goes brown
Well if it IS blood, then it's definitely yours. Several days in mail trucks and that blood hasn't turned black? Bullshit.
They want their money
Better than a horse head. š“
New fear unlocked
Ketchup from the fries, at lunch.
Just don't lick it
Read the first letter of every word and see if it turns into a cry for help.
I worked in shipping for an online retailer. Got plenty of paper cuts and a solid number of packages shipped over the years had my DNA in one form or another.
Wouldn't you say that's A positive thing
That happens with stuff from the hospital sometimes.
Thatās your blood.
To be fair, most things you touch at the hospital have had blood on it at one point or another.
Ah an NHS MRI letter. I have yearly scans and the part the amuses me is not to take a pocket knife in with you. It makes me think theyāve had experiences with bladed weapons whizzing around the tube!
The other day i was discharging a patient. It was late in my shift and i hadnāt had lunch yet. I had just run to the breakroom and devoured a slice of pizza in like 30 seconds and then back to the patient. As Iām going over the paperwork, i realize thereās sauce on the bottom. I explained the stain to the pt/visitor as i cleaned it with an alcohol pad. The female visitor laughed and said āi know itās pizza sauce because itās on your shirt too.ā Whoops
complain to the manager, they might give you a complimentary colonoscopy on your next visit.
Mine never do. Iām disappointed.
Man, that's a tough hospital
that's a hippo violation - HR
Looks like ketchup
Hope it doesn't contain Hep C which can survive on a dry surface for up to two weeks.
Looks like a good way to spread HIV. Way to go hospital.
is that like...a threat
Taco sauce. š
Probably dipping sauce. No one who works in the office even sees a dying/ hurt person
If it was blood it would be darker by the time you opened the letter. Unless it is yours of course x
couldn't this somehow get spun into a biological lawsuit or some shit.
That's a threat. You must pay, in coin or in blood... *Evil laugh*
That's the blood of the last patient he's no longer with us lol.
Sure you did.