RobotRisk / Grifols (Kiro) / 25 Oct 2025
Plasma-collection machine issued alerts before Winnipeg donor's fatal cardiac arrest
S5 · 25 Oct 2025 · Grifols (Kiro) · Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Record
| Company | Grifols (Kiro) |
| Category | Medical robotics |
| Type(s) | fatality |
| Date | 25 Oct 2025 (day precision) |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Severity | (fatality or catastrophic loss) |
| Scale | not documented |
| Confidence | low |
| Verified flag | Yes - independently re-checked against the cited source |
Summary
22-year-old donor Rodiyat Alabede died after cardiac arrest during her first plasma donation at a Grifols collection centre in Winnipeg; the plasmapheresis machine issued five alerts on blood pressure/blood flow over 46 minutes that staff did not act on per the operating manual before she began seizing.
Primary source
Publisher: Winnipeg Free Press · Retrieved: 2026-09-13
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| Date | Supporting source row | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Oct 2025 | Plasma-collection machine issued alerts before Winnipeg donor's fatal cardiac arrest | Winnipeg Free Press | Winnipeg Free Press |
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