Ghana needs 250,000 units of blood annually

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• daigreenon fui thackley 11 years ago

  the formation of these pledge clubs is very laudable and would go a long way to help address the endless cycle of blood shortages in the respective blood banks. l however have a difficulty looking at the attitude of health of ...
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  the formation of these pledge clubs is very laudable and would go a long way to help address the endless cycle of blood shortages in the respective blood banks. l however have a difficulty looking at the attitude of health officials failure to come into grip with the reality on the ground. we've all along played the ostrich concerning the sale of blood to patients who badly need them to survive. which of these options is more reasonable: sell a pint of blood to a patient say at 50ghana, where it would readily and always be available to all or where we pretend its not for sale yet some unscrupulous health officials would sell it backdoor at over 100gh.? well, l leave it for further debate.
  what l however propose is to simply incentivised donors with say, a hot beverage of milo, a slice of bread and fried egg which l believe would be less than 5gh plus 20gh to take home. this l believe will undoubtedly create a glut in our blood banks and drastically reduced to the bearest minimum the often times needless lost of lives that always occurs at our health institutions because once this incentive is put in place people from all manner of life once they meet the criteria for donating could readily walk into a health center and donate knowing very well that at least he or she would certainly earn an equivalent of a daily wage. may we even ask how many such qualified donors earn 20gh a day?. this l believe will cut down to the needless blackmarketering of blood in our bloodbanks and save more lives.

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• princewilly@ymail.com 11 years ago

  A man and a woman meet in an elevator. "Where are you heading today?" the man asks.
  "I'm going down to give blood."
  "How much do you get paid for giving blood?"
  "About $20."
  "Wow," says the man, "I'm going up to donate sp ...
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  A man and a woman meet in an elevator. "Where are you heading today?" the man asks.
  "I'm going down to give blood."
  "How much do you get paid for giving blood?"
  "About $20."
  "Wow," says the man, "I'm going up to donate sperm, and the sperm bank pays $100." The woman angrily gets off the elevator.
  The next day, the man and woman meet in the elevator again.
  "Fancy meeting you again. Where you off to today?"
  "Sperm bank," she says with her mouth full.

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• Okyesco 11 years ago

  Who do you think has been fed well under this corrupt and clueless JD administration to waste the few blood in him/her to later regret it,in case he/she falls sick and there will be no medicine to cure the sickness.

  Who do you think has been fed well under this corrupt and clueless JD administration to waste the few blood in him/her to later regret it,in case he/she falls sick and there will be no medicine to cure the sickness.

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• DENTE 11 years ago

  BLOOD DONORS SHOULD NOT JOIN CLUBS IN ORDER TO DONATE BLOOD. I HAVE VOLUNTEERED FOR STANFORD BLOOD CENTER,
  IN CALIFORNIA IN THE PAST. BLOOD DONORS JUST WALKED IN THE HOSPITAL AND DONATE BLOOD. THEY DONT NEED APPOINTMENT AND ...
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  BLOOD DONORS SHOULD NOT JOIN CLUBS IN ORDER TO DONATE BLOOD. I HAVE VOLUNTEERED FOR STANFORD BLOOD CENTER,
  IN CALIFORNIA IN THE PAST. BLOOD DONORS JUST WALKED IN THE HOSPITAL AND DONATE BLOOD. THEY DONT NEED APPOINTMENT AND THEY DONT HAVE TO BE A MEMBER OF A CLUB. THE NATIONAL bLOOD SERVICE OF GHANA SHOULD ORGANIZE BLOOD DRIVES IN EACH REGION BY SENDING A VAN TO CERTAIN PLACES LIKE MARKETS. DONORS WILL WALK IN AND DONATE.MANY PEOPLE DONT OWN CARS IN GHANA SO DONT EXPECT THEM TO VISIT THE HOSPITALS OR CLINICS TO DONATE BLOOD.

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