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MTN Ghana, a leading mobile telecommunication network has organised a blood donation exercise in Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region, to help replenish blood banks of health facilities. The exercise which formed part of MTN Ghana’s Foundation’s project dubbed “Save a Life,” was part of efforts to restock the blood banks of the health facilities in the region, particularly the Regional Hospital in Bolgatanga, to help save lives and effectively respond to emergencies. The exercise, held at the Bolgatanga Senior High School (Big Boss) and Zamse Senior High Technical School (Zamstec) in collaboration with the Upper East Regional Hospital Blood Bank collected 121 pints of blood at the end of the exercise. Since 2011, the MTN Ghana Foundation had been holding blood donation exercises ea...

Hundreds of people in the Central Region, including students, on Friday participated in the MTN Ghana Foundation’s annual blood donation exercise held to commemorate Valentine’s Day. The “Save a Life” blood donation exercise aimed at supporting the National Blood Service and restock regional blood banks, had so far, collected more than 29,000 blood units since 2011. The Foundation's target is to collect more than 6,100 units of blood across the country this year alone, the highest since the intervention started. In the Central Region, the exercise took place at the Winneba Senior High School, Academy of Christ the King in Cape Coast, the University of Cape Coast School of Medical Sciences, Ankaful Nursing Training School, and the North Campus of the University of Education, Winneb...

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MTN Ghana replenishes blood banks in Upper East

Hundreds participate in MTN Ghana Foundation’s blood donation exercise