The Head of Haematology and Blood Transfusion at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos (LUTH), Prof. Vincent Osunkalu says donated blood cannot be given for free due to the cost involved.
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Ajijah Andrew, 43, is a regular blood donor whose first donation was in 1998 while in the Command Day Secondary School Jos. It was then just a casual action till in 2015 when his perspective on the exercise changed.
The Federal Government, has urged Nigerian youths to engage in regular blood and plasma donation to address the 1.5million units blood deficit required to save lives and treat life-threatening diseases.
Dr Abimbola Aboluwarin, A Senior Registrar, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), on Wednesday appealed to Nigerians to voluntarily donate blood in order to save lives.
The National Blood Service Commission (NBSC) on Friday urged Nigerians to imbibe the culture of regular blood and plasma donation to save more lives and add to the country’s blood bank for emergency use.
By Justina Auta The National Blood Service Commission (NBSC) on Thursday, decried the great deficit in Nigeria blood bank. Its…