To ensure safe, adequate, and sustainable blood supplies all over the country, health workers have a significant role in different ways. Even if health workers are too low in numbers, they are vital to mobilize the community towards blood donation.
All clinical and nonclinical hospital employees are expected to be more aware than the general population and take the lead to create awareness on blood donation. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the practice and associated factors of blood donation among employees at Negele Arsi General Hospital and Medical College (NAGHMC), Ethiopia.
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The Head of Pharmacy, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, (UBTH), Dr. Caroline Olumese, has provided a recipe on how hospitals can eliminate out of stock syndrome.
…Says UBTH has prioritized management A Consultant Nephrologist at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Edo State, Dr Ojeh Oziegbe Odije, has expressed worry over the rising cases of kidney failure in Nigeria. He pointed that the factors aggravating the disorders are also on the rise. In an interview with journalists recently at the hospital in Benin City, Dr. Odije said the ailment is not just wrecking havocs in the state alone but across Nigeria as a whole. He said: “The last population studies we did in a village not far away from here showed that close to one third of the public are beginning to have problems with their kidney and that’s a terrible figure.
The Edo State Government has announced the extension of the first phase of COVID-19 vaccination across the state’s 18 local councils to enable more people to receive the vaccine and get protected against the deadly virus.
The State’s COVID-19 Incident Manager, Dr. Andrew Obi, who disclosed this to journalists in Benin City, said the state has so far vaccinated over 37,000 persons, including health workers, strategic leaders and other frontline workers.
Obi further urged all eligible citizens for the first phase vaccination exercise to leverage the extension to get inoculated at various designated centres across the state.
The Incident Manager, who reassured the government’s commitment to ending the pandemic and ensuring the health of citizens, noted that the second dose vaccination for the first phase will commence in June, 2020.