{"id":395983,"date":"2017-06-16T09:48:59","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T09:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/16\/schools-rewarded-for-record-blood-donation\/"},"modified":"2017-06-16T09:48:59","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T09:48:59","slug":"schools-rewarded-for-record-blood-donation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/16\/schools-rewarded-for-record-blood-donation\/","title":{"rendered":"Schools rewarded for record blood donation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<!--               \n\n<div class=\"in-ad\">\n\n\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1495043641385-0' style='height:250px; width:300px;'>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n              <\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p>Twenty Senior High Schools\u00a0alongside churches and individuals in the Eastern Region have been recognized for making a regular blood donation to save lives.<\/p>\n<p>They were presented with prizes at the World Blood Donors\u2019 Day celebration held in Koforidua.<\/p>\n<p>Manya Krobo SHS, which emerged the highest blood donor in the region, having donated 399 pints last year, received an LCD projector and laptop computer.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline.com_InArticle_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Koforidua Secondary Technical High School during the period gave out 243 pints, while Nkawkaw SHS donated 214 pints.<\/p>\n<p>They were each presented with an LCD projector.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Solomon Bawa, an individual, on record to have donated blood 40 times, was also honoured, together with Ms. Innocentia Tenke of the Ghana Education Service and Mr. Eugene B. Boateng, a contractor, for donating blood 10 times each.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kwame Anim Boamah, Medical Director of the Koforidua Regional Hospital said a total of 22,556 pints of blood was donated in the region, last year.<\/p>\n<p>This fell short of one percent of the region\u2019s population, required to assure the place of adequate bloodstock.<\/p>\n<p>He, therefore, encouraged the people \u2013 religious organizations and institutions to accept to voluntarily donate blood to the facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Comfort Asante, the New Juaben Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), rallied all to join the campaign to aid the facilities to respond to emergencies to save lives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty Senior High Schools\u00a0alongside churches and individuals in the Eastern Region have been recognized for making a regular blood donation to save lives. They were presented with prizes at the World Blood Donors\u2019 Day celebration held in Koforidua. 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