Amolatar district has topped voluntary blood donation in Lango Sub region, says Lira Regional blood bank.
Hellen Grace Anyode, the Senior Blood Donor Recruitment Officer at the Lira Regional Blood Bank, lauded the people of Amolatar for their active participation in blood-donation drives, that they can rely on for the regional blood supply.
Anyode, says the district collected hundreds of units, with one five-day exercise gathering up to 540 units of blood.
The recognition comes against the backdrop of continued demand for blood at health facilities across the Lango Sub-region.
Blood transfusions are particularly important for patients suffering from severe malaria, people living with sickle cell disease, mothers experiencing excessive bleeding during childbirth and victims of accidents and other emergencies.
Lira Regional Referral Hospital alone requires about 1,000 units of blood, while additional supplies are needed by health centres and hospitals serving communities across the region.
The large turnup of Amolatar residents during blood donation drives clearly shows how knowledgeable they have become, on the importance of saving life and their loyalty to call from local leaders and media broadcasters.
Accordingly, health officials have called on other districts in Lango to strengthen mobilisation efforts and develop a similar culture of voluntary blood donation, borrowing a leaf from Amolatar.
Data from Lira Regional blood bank presented at this year’s Lango regional health assembly, indicates that some 16,931 units of blood was donated last financial year, from Lango alone.
The blood bank head says construction of a new Lira Regional Blood Bank at Lira University has reached about 98 percent completion and the contractor has resumed work two weeks ago.
