Broke blood banks push Kenyans to social media

A Kisumu resident donates blood during a past campaign. PHOTO | TOM OTIENO

Kenya’s blood banks are holding less than 18 percent of the demanded blood transfusions, pointing to the acute shortage that has left families making frantic calls on social media to save lives.

Units of blood donated and stored by Kenya National Blood Transfusion Service (KNBTS) fell to a three-year low of 155 600 in the year ending June 2019 against the demand of over one million units, the government says.

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