Labé-_ The death of a woman during childbirth raises the question of blood banks

2023-12-27 17:43:20

Entrance to the Labé regional hospital

A woman residing in Ndiolou died while trying to give birth to her child last Saturday, information received she bled so much that she died.

This pattern of cases becomes stubborn and recurring at the Labé regional hospital where it is the second known case in three months.
For the circumstance and as in the case before the poverty of the blood bank is in question.

72 hours after the victim’s burial, the Labé regional hospital was contacted for what was happening but no one there wanted to address this fatal case, however the head of the blood transfusion service, Dr Mamadou Aliou Baldé explains that his service has a solar blood bank with a storage capacity of just over 150 bags with a validity period of 35 days.

The banking of blood depends on the needs of the various services continues Dr Baldé who justifies blood ruptures by the use of three or four bags for the needs of a patient unless these bags are replaced and also during the period of childbirth. Families never prepare a donor compatible with the woman capable of providing help in case of need.

Tkillah Tounkara