{"id":2677,"date":"2019-02-18T23:32:19","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T23:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/?p=2677"},"modified":"2019-02-18T23:32:22","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T23:32:22","slug":"mtn-distributes-514-pints-of-blood-to-hospitals-in-western-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/18\/mtn-distributes-514-pints-of-blood-to-hospitals-in-western-region\/","title":{"rendered":"MTN distributes 514 pints of blood to hospitals in Western region"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The\n Western Regional Chapter of telecommunication giant MTN Ghana has \ndonated 514 pints of blood to three main hospitals in the Sekondi \n\u2013Takoradi Metropolis of the Western Region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is to help reduce a 40% blood deficit in the country, according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/nbsghana.org\/\">National Blood Bank.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\n National Blood services, Ghana estimated population-based blood \nrequirement of 270,000units of blood but only 160,000 units of blood are\n collected which leaves the country with a deficit of 40%. Hence this \ngesture by MTN to donate blood to various hospitals on every Valentine\u2019s\n day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking  to Journalist acting MTN Regional Manager of Western and Central,  Mohammed Tiyuniba Yakubu said the donation of blood to the three  hospitals in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis is critical as their  research shows a majority of residents in the region come to these  hospitals which are sometimes challenged with insufficient blood at  their blood bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The  annual\u00a0\u00a0Valentine`s Day\u00a0\u00a0blood donation was started some eight years  ago to save the life of people who need blood and has since recorded  heartwarming stories of people whose lives have been saved through the  exercise<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cone\n of the stories which touched me so much was this one customer whose \nbaby was critically ill and needed blood transfusion urgently. The baby \nwas save at the point of death. Can you imagine what would have happened\n if they ran out of blood?\u201d He said<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\n have had so many testimonials from customers who have told us their \nrelatives needed lifesaving blood transfusions received care because of \nthis initiative,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From\n a little over a 100 pints of blood that was recorded in the first \nexercise in 2011, MTN Ghana Save a life Campaign has made great \nsuccesses, on Thursday 14th of February 2019 they were able to collect \nsome 4449 pints of blood from nineteen bleeding centres set up across \nthe ten regions of Ghana; a little above the estimated 3,500 for the \nday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Considering\n the pints of blood collected, the Brong Ahafo region topped with&nbsp;&nbsp;984 \npints, followed by&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Northern region with&nbsp;&nbsp;669, Western&nbsp;&nbsp;region \n514,&nbsp;&nbsp;Upper East&nbsp;&nbsp;region 418, Greater Accra region 412, Ashanti&nbsp;&nbsp;region \n404, Central region&nbsp;&nbsp;350, Upper West 311, Eastern region 235 with \nthe&nbsp;&nbsp;Volta region being&nbsp;&nbsp;the least with &nbsp;152 pints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\n hospitals which benefited from the 514 pints collected in the Western \nRegion are the Effiankwanta Regional hospital, Essikado hospital and \nNagel SDA hospital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Western Regional Chapter of telecommunication giant MTN Ghana has donated 514 pints of blood to three main hospitals in the Sekondi \u2013Takoradi Metropolis of <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/18\/mtn-distributes-514-pints-of-blood-to-hospitals-in-western-region\/\" title=\"MTN distributes 514 pints of blood to hospitals in Western region\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,25],"tags":[179,180],"class_list":["post-2677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-western-region","tag-mtn","tag-mtn-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - 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