Blood stocks improving - Mangal

Blood stocks improving – Mangal

Aug 25, 2009 News

National Blood Donor Manager of the National Blood Transfusion Services (NBTS), Shameeza Mangal has said that stocks at the facility are improving on a daily basis.

Shameeza Mangal

In an invited comment, Mangal indicated that recent blood drives have significantly increased the buffer supply. She however noted that the required amount of units to be supplied daily in order to reach the weekly 200-unit target has so far not been met.
Though a supply of between 30 to 40 units per day is required, only an average of 20 units of blood is reportedly received daily.
Mangal also expressed appreciation to the media for continuous assistance in promoting the blood drives, and encourages those who have participated in previous exercises to continue to do so.
She also encourages those who have not before taken part to take up the challenge of donating the life-saving product. It was reported last July that the NBTS was experiencing a severe shortage and had made an urgent appeal to the public to donate blood.
Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, had expected things to get more complicated for the blood bank, after announcing that the usual buffer stock was expected to increase to 200 units as the services expand within the health sector.
Persons desirous of donating blood can do so at NBTS Headquarters, Lamaha Street, Georgetown, New Amsterdam Hospital, Berbice , Suddie Hospital, Essequibo Coast, Linden Hospital, Upper Demerara River and the West Demerara Regional Hospital, West Coast Demerara. (Andrunie Harris)