{"id":2424,"date":"2019-02-12T23:34:21","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T23:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=2424"},"modified":"2019-02-13T09:55:24","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T09:55:24","slug":"first-national-blood-bank-started-for-somaliland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2019\/02\/12\/first-national-blood-bank-started-for-somaliland\/","title":{"rendered":"First national blood bank started for Somaliland"},"content":{"rendered":"

HARGEISA (SOHA) –<\/strong> A government driven blood donation campaign in Somaliland has generated 60,000 units of blood to jumpstart the first ever national blood bank in the capital, Hargeisa.<\/p>\n

The one-month long campaign targeting major towns in Somaliland aims to equip the national blood bank with sufficient blood to meet emergency needs, authorities have said.<\/p>\n

According to Mohamed Abdi Hergeye, the director of Somaliland\u2019s health ministry, the exercise launched on 9 January by Somaliland president, Muse Bihi Abdi, attracted 10,000 blood donors from Erigavo, Hargeisa, Bura\u2019o and Berbera towns.<\/p>\n

Hergeye told Radio Ergo the blood bank would provide a ready blood supply to referral hospitals in Somaliland and would end the perennial blood shortage.<\/p>\n

The blood bank already set up branches across Somaliland and is collaborating with the hospitals.<\/p>\n

\u201cInitially, we secured 10,000 blood units and 4,000 have already been used as the bank started its operation to save lives across Somaliland,\u201d Mohamed said.<\/p>\n

(One unit of blood is the equivalent of one pint or around 525 ml).<\/p>\n

IsmahanGuleid Hassan had to deliver her baby by Caesarian section last month after prolonged labour. She told Radio Ergo that she received blood from the bank.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore I underwent the operation, I called my relatives to donate blood for me, but the hospital informed us that they had enough blood and that is how I underwent Caesarian section,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Abdisamed Abdi Ali, a doctor at Hargeisa Hospital, recalls a case of a young girl who died in December after failing to get a blood transfusion in time.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had limited capacity for blood transfusions. The hospital had a small supply but for the case of this girl with B- blood group there was none. She waited for days for blood that was not available,\u201d DrAbdisamedsaid.<\/p>\n

Khalid Mohamed, a resident of Hargeisa, donated blood to the bank.<\/p>\n

He commended the new initiative that will save patients\u2019 lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cI decided to take part in the blood donation campaign to save lives. There are people who need blood so this bank will play a very important role in saving such people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Source: Radio Ergo<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HARGEISA (SOHA) – A government driven blood donation campaign in Somaliland has generated 60,000 units of blood to jumpstart the first ever national blood bank in the capital, Hargeisa. The one-month long campaign targeting major towns in Somaliland aims to equip the national blood bank with sufficient blood to meet emergency needs, authorities have said. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-health-cluster","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t