[Kenya National Blood Transfusion Service Busia Satellite Centre. Photo/Courtsey]
In a bid to save lives of patients in need of blood, across the country, Busia County Referral Hospital has appealed to county residents to donate blood.
Addressing the press, Tuesday in Busia, the Kenya National Blood Transfusion Service Busia Satellite, manager David Bulimu noted that Busia Transfusion Centre had only 12 pints of blood which was still under process before it being used.
“This leaves us in a precarious position with our hopes now lying on good Samaritans to visit our facility from today (Tuesday) onwards to donate blood and help save lives of patients whose lives hangs in the balance,” Bulimu said.
“We have been forced to transfer 17 patients to other hospitals outside the county who needed blood transfusion. We still receive many other patients especially those who suffer from anemia, sickle cell, accident victims and mothers who develop complications during delivery," he added.
Bulimu noted eligible donors should be aged between 16 and 60-years.