The Rotary Club of Sunyani Central with their Canadian partners have donated a Blood Bank Refrigerator worth ¢24,750 to the Sunyani Municipal Hospital.

The Refrigerator was stocked with blood after over 70 students and staff of St. Vitus Technical School at Bakoniaba in Sunyani donated blood. 

The presentation was done by the Rotary Club of Sunyani Central president, Mr. Frank Kofi Owusu Debrah and other members.

Mr. Debrah who is also the Planning Officer at the Sunyani Polytechnic said they were motivated by the desire to end the avoidable deaths of patients at the Hospital due to lack of blood. 

He told Joy News correspondent, Precious Semevoh that the Club's hope is that the Blood Bank Refrigerator would help to reduce maternal death, deaths from surgery and from accidents by making blood available when is needed. 

In a related development, a similar donation was done at the Bechem government hospital few weeks ago.

According to him, they have plans of assisting the hospitals to organize a lot of blood donation exercises to keep the fridge stocked with blood always.

Mr. Owusu Debrah said the Sunyani Central Rotary Club is expecting three more Blood Bank Refrigerators which would be donated to other health facilities in the Brong Ahafo Region.

Receiving the items, the Sunyani Municipal Hospital administrator, Zakariah Yakubu promised to put it to good use and hopes that others will emulate the kind gesture of the Rotary Club. He also called for further support for other departments of the Hospital including renovation of the almost 90-year facility.

Some of the students of St. Vitus Technical School were grateful for the opportunity to donate blood as they felt happy that the blood donated can save a life. They also encouraged other students to help the blood bank by donating more blood.