The management of the St. Joseph Hospital in Koforidua Effiduase, in the New Juaben South Municipality of the Eastern Region, claims a blood shortage at the hospital’s blood bank is a potential risk.
The hospital’s blood bank now has just 10 pints of blood, which management has termed as “scary” since the institution may not be able to deal with casualties when the need arises.
Five of the ten pints are O-positive, three are B-positive, and two are A-positive.
The hospital has ran out of the most precious type, O negative, and management is anxious that if there are any crises, the worst may happen.
As a specialized orthopaedic and fracture hospital located a few kilometers from the accident-prone Accra-Kumasi highway, the hospital’s activities are critical in the health delivery process. As a result, there is always a demand for enough blood in the blood bank.
In response to this need, the Koforidua Technical University administration, as part of its corporate social responsibility, collaborated with the hospital to carry out the university’s third annual blood donation.
The Vice-Chancellor of Koforidua Technical University, Professor David Kofi Essumang, underlined the importance of blood donation in saving lives. He urged sister institutions, the general public, non-governmental organizations, and civil society groups to donate blood freely in order to help the National Blood Bank.
At the conclusion of the blood donation exercise, students and professors from Koforidua Technical University gave a total of 76 pints of blood to the St. Joseph Hospital’s blood bank.
