The National Blood Service (NBS) has presented a Centrifuge Heraeus Cryofuge 8 machine to the Transfusion Medicine Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi.
The state-of-the-art equipment valued at over GH¢1 million will significantly enhance KATH's capacity to speedily process and separate blood components, which is a critical aspect of modern transfusion medicine.
Among other things, the equipment is typically used for separation of plasma, red blood cells or platelets for transfusion purposes.
The donation of the equipment is a testament of the NBS' commitment to strengthening and advancing healthcare service delivery in the country.
