{"id":68608,"date":"2014-11-26T07:00:50","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T07:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=68608"},"modified":"2014-11-26T05:29:36","modified_gmt":"2014-11-26T05:29:36","slug":"blood-bank-assures-of-adequate-stock-for-xmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/11\/blood-bank-assures-of-adequate-stock-for-xmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood bank assures of adequate stock for X&#8217;mas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The National Blood Service has assured Ghanaians it had put adequate measures in place to ensure there is enough blood in the national blood bank ahead of the yuletide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This was revealed by the Head of the Southern Blood Bank, Dr Paul Mensah at the launch of the 2015 National Blood Donor Day in Accra.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the blood bank would embark on a national blood donation drive to stockpile blood ahead of the festive season.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;U0EVrjBiXKp3QYyPp5anoJfEMHEb3Ul3&#8243;]Speaking to <strong>Citi News<\/strong> after the launch, Dr Paul Mensah, said \u201cif we ensure that we have enough blood we also need to appeal to people to celebrate the festivities wisely because a major group of people that require blood are accident victims.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Statistics over the years have revealed that there is usually pressure on the blood bank during Christmas because of increased number of accidents on the roads.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He appealed to drivers to be careful and abide by the roads safety rules to prevent accidents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The\u00a0National Blood Donor Day exercise according to Dr Mensah will start on December 5, in both Accra and Tema.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a related development, a <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/regional.citifmonline.com\/2014\/11\/22\/ghana-need-250000-units-of-blood-annually\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>sensitization workshop to help raise voluntary blood donors<\/strong><\/a><\/span> in the country has opened at Koforidua.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The workshop is to increase blood donation in the southern part of Ghana by 5,000 units within nine months.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Patricia Conteh\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Blood Service has assured Ghanaians it had put adequate measures in place to ensure there is enough blood in the national blood bank ahead of the yuletide. 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