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ATU, YPYC organises blood donation

Accra, Sept. 19, GNA
– The Accra Technical University and the Young Professionals and Youth
Coalitions have organised a blood donation exercise in fulfillment of their
civic duty and to save lives.

The exercise, is to
contribute to the restocking of the National Blood Transfusion Service.

Professor Edmund
Ameko Acting Pro-Vice-Chancellor of ATU speaking at a brief ceremony said the
exercise formed part of anniversaries marking the 70 years of ATU and 10 years
of YPYC.

The occasion was
used to educate the students on Hepatitis B, a serious liver infection caused
by the hepatitis B virus (HBV).

He explained that
the school owed it as a social responsibility to contribute to addressing
critical societal issues including; blood donation to save lives.

Drawing inspiration
from the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), he said the blood donation was
one of the avenues to ensure that patients in dire need of blood to survive
were duly catered for.

“We recognise the
‘gift of life’ made possible by voluntary donors. This is in line with the SDG
goal three, which seeks to ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all
ages,” he said.

Mr Andy Osei Okrah,
President of YPYC, said the exercise demonstrated their commitment to youth and
national development.

“No nation can
develop with sick people. Sane minds in health bodies are prerequisites of
meaningful development, hence, one cannot talk of transformational leadership
and development without being concerned about the health of people,” he noted.

Mr Stephen Danso, a
Blood Donor Recruitment Officer of the Accra Area National Blood Transfusion
Service said making blood available to all patients who needed blood
transfusion was important to the recovery process,but there were challenges as
the demand for blood was sometimes higher than what was available.

He said blood was
one of the most important constituents of life, which could not be substituted
with artificial materials.

GNA

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