Thread by @PhilipOgola

SHOCKING NEWS 🆘

This is the #StateOfBlood in Kenya

@KNBTSOfficial Bank Banks are EMPTY

❌ drivers
❌ vehicles grounded
❌ Gloves
❌ Blood bags
❌ Strapping materials
❌ Distilled water to test & screen blood & blood products
❌ Cold room broken down

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It’s really SAD blood donors turning up at @KNBTSOfficial centres to donate blood are being turned away as there are no gloves , no blood bags , no strapping bags or refreshments needed to conduct bleeding 💉 #StateofBlood

As #DigitalHumanitarian we get about 10 blood appeals daily via social media, @HumanitarianDig

I also keep getting calls from people who need help to get blood , it’s emotional draining

KNBTS doesn’t have any blood or blood products in stock
#StateOfBlood in Kenya

This is Kenya National Blood Transfusion Services Cold Room

It been broken down for years now

If today we had a major disaster🙆🏿‍♂️

#StateofBlood

@KNBTSOfficial Nairobi Centre used to dispatch
About 300 hundred Units of blood daily to hospitals & healthcentres for FREE

Now Dispatch Unit has no Blood or blood products

#StateofBlood

TOP THREE Blood Transfusions in Kenya

✅ Major Surgical Procedures
✅ Chemotherapy
✅ Maternity’s

Patients w/ serious injuries from car crashes or natural disasters has seen steady rise

Unfortunately @KNBTSOfficial blood banks are now EMPTY

#StateofBlood

WHY @KNBTSOfficial needs to be salvaged

KNBTS mandate under @MOH_Kenya is to provide Blood & Blood products for FREE to ALL hospitals & healthcentres in Kenya 🇰🇪

Private hospitals bill patients 8K - 10K per unit of blood Donated FREE by volunteers at hospitals

#StateofBlood

Did you know?
Platelets extraction process costs between 40K - 60K per person donationing blood in Private hospitals🏥

While @KNBTSOfficial provides platelets for FREE to all hospitals in Kenya

#StateifBlood