Accessing blood is quite challenging especially when the situation is urgent. It is also quite devastating that despite their efforts to collect blood, hundreds of people are still dying because of failure to access blood and other services. Counties need more funding in their health care to dispense services and most importantly equip health centres with necessary facilities that are aimed at ensuring safe blood transfusion. The citizens who are blood donors should be assured of their safety to encourage more donations and employ more health officers as a sigh of relief to our systems. Government should take responsibility through its Health ministry networks to ensure that donors health is also boosted through at least providing for a week, a balanced diet.

Source: The Star July 12, 2021 18:56 UTC