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By Benjamin Adamafio Commey / Philip Mensah,
GNA
Accra, June 15, GNA – The National Blood
The Donor Association has organized a blood drive for its members and
Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) staff to help replenish the stock at
the national blood bank and other health facilities in the country.
The exercise, which is part of the activities aimed at
The theme of this year's World Blood Donor Day was "Save the Blood for All".
The day, which is celebrated every year, is the
raise public awareness of blood donation and thank blood volunteers
donors for their vital blood donations.
Mr. Eddy Bannor, National Organizer of
National Association of Blood Donors of Ghana, in an interview with Ghana News
The Association said the badociation had launched many blood donation programs
store various health facilities, including the blood bank.
While encouraging the public to regularly
Mr. Bannor said that there were many benefits to being a simple
regular blood donor, which includes: free medical screening for diseases such as
like HIV, syphilis, as well as knowing your blood type.
"Let's say that 1% of the people of Ghana
the population every four months gives blood, there will be no shortage of
some blood. Now, we do not have enough blood at the blood bank and at the various
hospitals that's why we are here proud with the people here to donate
help replenish the bank and some of these hospitals. "
"Last week we donated blood in all
the offices of the Food and Drugs Authority and we had more than 500 units of blood. I go
therefore urge other organizations to undertake more such exercises and
encourage the media to educate the public about the benefits of donating blood, "he said.
I said.
Mr. Selorm Amevor, Head of Events and
Protocol to the ADB, indicated that this exercise was part of the Bank's activities.
social responsibility.
He said the bank was impressed by the turn
witness to the exercise despite the fact that it was the first of his
nice.
"This is the first time we do it like
a bank ", but I must say that we were impressed by the participation, the
the participation was very high. This is a very fruitful exercise because
at noon we had more than 50 to 60 people who donated, which is
impressive. The head of the badociation even alluded to that, given the
it's our first time. "
"We are looking to get at least 100 to
150 of our staff to donate to support the blood bank we always hear
sure. We use it simply to celebrate the day and to serve
to encourage other institutions to do so, "he said.
He also called businesses to
to get involved in order to make sure that the blood bank has never failed to
commodity.
"In the future, it will be a year
thing we are going to do as a bank and we will encourage our other
nationwide branches and other business organizations to celebrate the day
in this way, "he said.
Afra Sackey, a donor also urged the
public to make it a regular activity to ensure that enough blood has been made
available in different hospitals.
GNA
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