Mr Enoch Gyau , the Head of the Blood Bank Unit of the Sunyani Teaching Hospital to (STH) says it is untrue that the facility sells pints of blood to clients.

He expressed worry that such misinformation was impeding the facility's voluntary blood exercise where donors walked to the hospital and donated their blood free of charge.

Mr  Gyau appealed for media support towards dispelling that misinformation, saying that the hospital required more blood from the bank to support clients, especially accident victims.

In an interview with the media on the sidelines of blood donation exercises to mark the Valentine's Day celebration, Mr  Gyau said: "We can't prepare neither can we sell blood".

The STH in collaboration with the Berekum Holy Family Catholic Hospital with support from the MTN Ghana, a leading telecommunication company organised the separate blood donation exercises at the premises of the Berekum Senior High School (SHS) and the All for Christ SHS in the Bono Region.

MTN Ghana provided essential items and meals to the students who voluntarily donated their blood during the exercise that sought for storage at the STH.

Mr Kofi Owusu, the Bono Regional Manager of the MTN Ghana, told Sompa FM that the assistance aligned with the company's Corporate Social Responsibility to give back to society.

He said each year the company partnered with the health facilities and help raise and restock the blood banks of public facilities, nationwide, saying that nationally the company in the region targeted to raise between 400 and 450 pints this year. 

Some of the students explained why they participated in the exercise

Sompaonline.com/Stella Kyere