Trust Bank Managing Director Njilan Senghore, said: “We witness people dying at hospital due to lack of blood, which is avoidable. Donating blood is the most selfless act one can do; thus, people should be willing to donate as an act of kindness.”
Speaking at the event, Ousman Dampha, Chairperson at Kanifing General Hospital, said the initiative needs adequate resources and establishing suitable infrastructures to promote the collection of blood from voluntary and unpaid blood donors.
“We must remember that safe blood products and their safe transfusion forms an integral part of health care services delivery,” he said. “This is because on daily basis, they save millions of lives and improve the health and quality of many patients and their families around the world.”
Regional Director of Health Services Western One Kanifing, Musa Camara, dilated that the availability of blood in human body organs make them live. He added blood prevent humans from infection, carries unwanted substances to organs.
“Those sick and in need of blood will immensely contribute their quota to the socio-economic development of The Gambia if we donate so that they can be free from the curb of disease and socio-economic challenges.”
Dodou Njie, president of the Pipeline Youth Association, expressed gratitude to Trust Bank for facilitating the occasion and encouraging citizens to donate blood to save lives.
Trust Bank staff members and others donated blood, which was preserved at the Kanifing General Hospital.
