Blood transfusion service in the country is plagued by a high rate of commercial blood donation with the attendant risk of Transmission Transmissible Infections . Other challenges according to Sununu are poor funding of the NBTS leading to deficiency in the quality of her operations and laws guiding the practice of blood transfusion in the country are inadequate with the attendant proliferation of quackery and other sharp practices in the sector.
To that effect, the minister of health, Dr Osagie Ehanire said it is important that the country has adequate supply of blood and blood products to meet this increase in demand. “This will help substantially reduce the mortality associated with life-threatening diseases, trauma cases from victims of road accidents, casualties of bomb blasts, anaemia in children, bleeding in pregnancy and childbirth women, victims of insurgency, conflict, and tragic building collapse,” he said.
While the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted many health interventions, Ehanire however applauded blood donors who have continued to donate blood, personally committed to saving the lives of those in need, adding that this act is indeed heroic and worthy of commendation.
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