[PHOTOS] Radio Africa Group staff show up to donate blood

The country requires between 500,000 and one million units of blood a year.

In Summary

• The exercise which began on Wednesday at 10 am saw Radio Africa Group staff show up to donate blood.

• KTTA, had by afternoon collected over 11 units of blood.

Radio Africa Group Head of Business John Gachahi at a haemoglobin check desk.
Radio Africa Group Head of Business John Gachahi at a haemoglobin check desk.
Image: WINNIE WANJIKU

The Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority has conducted a blood donation drive at Radio Africa Group headquarters in Westlands in bid to bridge the blood deficit in the country.

The exercise which began on Wednesday at 10 am saw Radio Africa Group staff show up to donate blood.

KTTA, had by afternoon collected over 11 units of blood.

The country requires between 500,000 and one million units of blood a year.

A donor fills a data form during a blood drive by the Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority at Radio Africa on November 9, 2022.
A donor fills a data form during a blood drive by the Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority at Radio Africa on November 9, 2022.
Image: WINNIE WANJIKU
Radio Africa Group Head of Business John Gachahi donates blood during the blood donation drive by Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority at Radio Africa on November 9, 2022.
Radio Africa Group Head of Business John Gachahi donates blood during the blood donation drive by Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority at Radio Africa on November 9, 2022.
Image: WINNIE WANJIKU
Radio Africa Group Head of Business John Gachahi donates blood during the blood donation drive by Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority at Radio Africa on November 9, 2022.
Radio Africa Group Head of Business John Gachahi donates blood during the blood donation drive by Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority at Radio Africa on November 9, 2022.
Image: WINNIE WANJIKU
Radio Africa Group Head of Business John Gachahi donates blood during the blood donation drive by Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority at Radio Africa on November 9, 2022.
Radio Africa Group Head of Business John Gachahi donates blood during the blood donation drive by Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority at Radio Africa on November 9, 2022.
Image: WINNIE WANJIKU
Radio Africa Group Head of Business John Gachahi during the blood donation drive by Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority at Radio Africa on November 9, 2022.
Radio Africa Group Head of Business John Gachahi during the blood donation drive by Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority at Radio Africa on November 9, 2022.
Image: WINNIE WANJIKU
Radio Africa Group Head of Business John Gachahi donates blood during the blood donation drive by Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority at Radio Africa on November 9, 2022.
Radio Africa Group Head of Business John Gachahi donates blood during the blood donation drive by Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority at Radio Africa on November 9, 2022.
Image: WINNIE WANJIKU
Radio Africa Group Head of Business John Gachahi during the blood donation drive by Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority at Radio Africa on November 9, 2022.
Radio Africa Group Head of Business John Gachahi during the blood donation drive by Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority at Radio Africa on November 9, 2022.
Image: WINNIE WANJIKU
Radio Africa Group staff donates blood during the blood donation drive by Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority at Radio Africa on November 9, 2022.
Radio Africa Group staff donates blood during the blood donation drive by Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority at Radio Africa on November 9, 2022.
Image: WINNIE WANJIKU
Blood group and screening collection tubes.
Blood group and screening collection tubes.
Image: WINNIE WANJIKU
A doctor seals blood for storage during a blood donation drive by the Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority at Radio Africa on November 9, 2022.
A doctor seals blood for storage during a blood donation drive by the Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority at Radio Africa on November 9, 2022.
Image: WINNIE WANJIKU
Donated blood during a blood drive by the Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority at Radio Africa on November 9, 2022.
Donated blood during a blood drive by the Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority at Radio Africa on November 9, 2022.
Image: WINNIE WANJIKU
Blood group and screening collection tubes during a blood donation drive by the Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority at Radio Africa on November 9, 2022.
Blood group and screening collection tubes during a blood donation drive by the Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority at Radio Africa on November 9, 2022.
Image: WINNIE WANJIKU
A doctor places the donated blood in the blood cooler box for storage and maintenance of temperature during a blood drive by the Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority at Radio Africa on November 9, 2022.
A doctor places the donated blood in the blood cooler box for storage and maintenance of temperature during a blood drive by the Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority at Radio Africa on November 9, 2022.
Image: WINNIE WANJIKU
Blood group and screening collection tubes and donated blood during a blood donation drive by the Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority at Radio Africa on November 9, 2022.
Blood group and screening collection tubes and donated blood during a blood donation drive by the Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority at Radio Africa on November 9, 2022.
Image: WINNIE WANJIKU
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