The life-saving act nobody sees | Kate Fisher | TEDxBrisbane

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What would you say if you were given 10 minutes to say goodbye to your child? Kate Fisher knows the answer. A rare autoimmune condition left her daughter critically ill, and the treatment keeping her alive depends entirely on blood and plasma donated by strangers. When supplies ran low, treatment was delayed — with devastating consequences. Drawing on both lived experience and her work as a health sociologist, Kate explores a surprising contradiction: while blood donation saves millions of lives, it remains one of the least visible acts of care in modern society. Through her global advocacy initiative, Milkshakes for Marleigh, she has worked to make the impact of blood donation visible by connecting donors, recipients and communities through storytelling. Kate examines the consequences of life-saving acts being invisible — and why understanding this may be critical to the future of blood donation. Kate Fisher is a health sociologist and global blood donation advocate whose work explo

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