{"id":441783,"date":"2011-06-15T18:01:42","date_gmt":"2011-06-15T18:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/15\/cameroon-is-bleeding-out\/"},"modified":"2011-06-15T18:01:42","modified_gmt":"2011-06-15T18:01:42","slug":"cameroon-is-bleeding-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/15\/cameroon-is-bleeding-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Cameroon is Bleeding Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"43.291310899\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rnw.nl\/africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/rnw180.png\" alt=\"Radio Netherlands Worldwide (Hilversum)\" title=\"Visit Radio Netherlands Worldwide (Hilversum)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>15 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><em>Many patients die in hospitals due to the lack of blood. Mich\u00e8le Akono&#8217;s niece has sickle-cell disease. The three-year-old girl was admitted at the Yaound\u00e9 Central Hospital and in urgent need of a 500 mililiter blood transfusion.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Mich\u00e8le Akono went to the blood bank and she was handed a tube: &#8220;We need a blood sample from the patient to run tests&#8221;, the nurses said. The results showed that the patient&#8217;s blood group was O+. The nurse then explained the procedure: 500ml of blood require at least two donors and the costs are 15,000 CFA francs. &#8220;We don&#8217;t sell blood&#8221;, she added. &#8220;The money is for the chemical agents used in testing the blood. Before the transfusion, we need to check that donors are compatible and healthy.&#8221; These tests are even subsidised by the state, otherwise they would could more than 50,000 CFA francs.<\/p>\n<p>There wasn&#8217;t not enough blood available and Mich\u00e8le Akono had to look for other potential donors. She donated her own blood to a patient and called the patient&#8217;s father. Almost five hours later, Mich\u00e8le finally acquired the blood and returned to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Not enough donors<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although Mich\u00e8le Akono managed to save her niece, a nurse from the hospital&#8217;s emergency services explains that many other patients, &#8220;especially accident victims&#8221;, die in Cameroon due to the lack of blood. She adds: &#8220;We don&#8217;t always have the contact details of family members and there is no blood reserve&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Doctor Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Nkoa, Head of Transfusion Safety at the Ministry of Public Health, reveals that Cameroon does not have a blood reserve because there are no voluntary donors. &#8220;Cameroonians do not have the culture of donating blood&#8221;, she says.<\/p>\n<p>Rosine Medjo, who has been working as a nurse at the blood bank for four years, shares this experience. &#8220;When people come to donate blood, they want some financial compensation in return&#8221;. The nurse adds that she has seen many patients refusing to receive a blood transfusion from a stranger. Added to this, is that the frequent power cuts make the conservation of blood difficult.<\/p>\n<p>During World blood donation day some organisations have launched sensitisation and blood collection campaigns, but mindsets are slow to change.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106151368.html\" title=\"Cameroon is Bleeding Out\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cameroon is Bleeding Out<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 15 June 2011 Many patients die in hospitals due to the lack of blood. 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