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FROM: PAUL ORUDE, BAUCHI
Worried by the high number of pregnant women who died as a result of bleeding at child birth, the Bauchi State Government has concluded plans to establish functional Blood Banks in all the 27 General Hospitals across the state.
This was disclosed by the Executive Chairman of the State Hospitals Management Board, Dr Abdul’Aziz Manga, in an interview with journalists in Bauchi.
Manga said the move would drastically reduce infant and maternal mortality resulting from lack of blood in hospitals.
He said: “You know that the importance of blood banks, especially in saving lives of pregnant women and new-borns cannot be over emphasised.
“We have strategised to establish functional blood banks in all the General Hospitals in Bauchi State, including some of the health facilities at the primary health care level.
“I can assure you that in the next two or three months, the 27 General Hospitals in the state will have functional and standardised blood banks.’’
Manga said that only seven hospitals in the state currently have standard functional blood banks.
He stated: “Another way of providing this is to look into the service charge account domicile in each of the hospitals that are running the Drugs Revolving Scheme.
“When such drugs are sold, there is certain percentage that goes to the hospitals and we are going to use part of the resources to set up functional blood banks in all the hospitals.
“We have submitted a memo to the governor on the possibility of establishing solar propel inverters in each of the hospitals to have a constant electricity supply,”
Manga also countered reports that blood donated by individuals was being used for cult activities.
He assured that blood donated by the people was strictly used in saving the lives of patients and nothing more.
He said that the Board would evolve a way whereby relations of beneficiaries of donated blood are encouraged to ensure the hospitals maintain steady supplies
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