By Lozio Tamale,
NATIONAL
The Honorary counsel of Nepal in Uganda and CEO of the Ruparelia group Dr Sudir Ruparelia together with the non resident Nepali Association have joined Blood bank of Uganda to save lives through donating blood drive will is set to take place on Sunday 28th April 2024. At Kampala parents school starting at 8am to 6pm
It’s the lack of blood that mostly causes many death rates in Uganda mostly to victims of accidents.
According to Dr Sudir everyone is invited to be part of this were thousand litters of blood will be collected with the aim of saving life.
Before you can donate blood, you will be asked to fill out a confidential medical history. It includes questions about behaviors known to carry a higher risk of blood borne infections — infections that are transmitted through blood.
Because of the risk of blood borne infections, not everyone can donate blood. The following are groups that are not eligible to donate blood:
Anyone who has used injected drugs, steroids or another substance not prescribed by a health care provider in the past three months.
Anyone who has had a new sexual partner in the past three months and has had anal sex in the past three months
Anyone who has had multiple sexual partners in the past three months and has had anal sex in the past three months
Anyone who has a congenital coagulation factor deficiency
Anyone who has had a positive test for HIV.
Anyone who has engaged in sex for money or drugs in the past three months
Anyone who, in the past three months, has had close contact with — lived with or had sexual contact with — a person who has hepatitis B or hepatitis C
Anyone who has had babesiosis, a rare and severe tick-borne disease, in the past two years.
You will also have a brief physical exam. The exam includes checking your blood pressure, pulse and temperature. A small sample of blood is taken from a finger prick and is used to check the oxygen-carrying part of your blood (hemoglobin level). If your hemoglobin concentration is within a healthy range, and you’ve met all the other screening requirements, you can donate blood
