Lodwar
Referral Hospital has appealed for blood donation from the Public to Increase
its blood Bank.
Speaking in
his office Director of Lodwar referral Hospital Dr Gilchrist Lokoel said that
the Hospital is running shot of blood and appealed for public to donate blood
to save the life of patients.
Dr Lokoel
said that normally the Hospital records 300 to 350 binds of blood and now the
Hospital has only 50 Binds of Blood in its Blood bank.
The blood
donation is commonly noted during the opening of Schools as students play major
part in blood donation and when schools closed the hospital faces challenges of
getting blood.
The Director
also commented about what people have been complaining of being charged for scorpion,
snake and dog bite medicine and added that these medicines are available and
free of charge and no health worker should charge for such services.
Dr Gilchrist
added that cholera outbreak was reported at Kapedo last week and the health
workers were sent at Kapedo and managed to control the situation where by cases
of 46 patients were reported. The health workers rushed at Kapedo in Turkana
East and everything was under control no death was reported and the situatioin
is now contented.
He urged
people to observe public health regulations and cautioned that to avoid cases
of cholera people should boil water, wash their hands, cover the food and also
report cases of cholera if suspected in the village for immediate action to be
taken.
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