{"id":171224,"date":"2015-12-02T05:37:09","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T05:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=171224"},"modified":"2015-12-02T06:02:33","modified_gmt":"2015-12-02T06:02:33","slug":"national-blood-service-has-awarded-11-individuals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=171224","title":{"rendered":"National Blood Service awards 11 with veep in attendance [photo story]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The National Blood Service has awarded 11 individuals and 16 organizations for their immense contributions towards the success of the Service.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151130_142536.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-171229 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151130_142536-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"20151130_142536\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151130_142536-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151130_142536.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The awards coincided with the 15<sup>th<\/sup> National Blood Donor Day Celebration and launching of the Annual Voluntary Blood Donation Campaign on Monday in Accra.<a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08084.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-171232 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08084-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08084\" width=\"601\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08084-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08084.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking at the event, Vice President\u00a0Kwesi Amissah-Arthur urged Ghanaians to see voluntary blood donation as a civic responsibility.<a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151130_141448.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-171228 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151130_141448-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"20151130_141448\" width=\"602\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151130_141448-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151130_141448.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08084.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to him, this will encourage more Ghanaians to get involved blood donation exercises as a way of addressing shortages at the various blood banks in the country.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08081.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-171231 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08081-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08081\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08081-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08081.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Nana Kojo Agyeman\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Blood Service has awarded 11 individuals and 16 organizations for their immense contributions towards the success of the Service.\u00a0 The awards coincided with the 15th National Blood Donor Day Celebration and launching of the Annual Voluntary Blood Donation Campaign on Monday in Accra. 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