The blood center is donating the 40-foot bus equipped with six beds for blood collection to the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital in Nigeria. In the next few days the bus should be on a flatbed truck for a ride to a Texas port and then placed aboard a ship bound for Nigeria to become the first blood mobile in the African country.

The blood center teamed with Rotary International’s Safe Blood Africa Project to donate the bus and contributed $5,000 to help pay for it to be trucked and shipped, which will cost about $14,300.

The bus should see many miles of service in Nigeria, says Warren Kaufman, a Rotary Club of Carmel member who set events into motion for the blood mobile donation.

The blood mobile will be stationed at the teaching hospital in Uyo, which has a blood bank that Rotary International helped establish about a decade ago, Kaufman says. Until then, when a patient needed a transfusion, a relative was sent outside to find someone willing to sell their blood. Blood typing was inadequate and too often the sellers had hepatitis or AIDS, he says.

Two years ago, Kaufman helped coordinate blood donation drives at the hospital that proved successful. “Nigerians will give blood as generously as anyone else if they’re asked professionally to do that.”

In February 2013, he arranged for Uyo hospital staff to come to Northern California to be trained on how to use a blood mobile. The only thing that has been missing since is a vehicle.

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Thank you America!

Thank you California!

Thank you Rotary International Safe Blood Africa Project

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Two years ago, Kaufman helped coordinate blood donation drives at the hospital that proved successful. “Nigerians will give blood as generously as anyone else if they’re asked professionally to do that.”
In February 2013, he arranged for Uyo hospital staff to come to Northern California to be trained on how to use a blood mobile. The only thing that has been missing since is a vehicle.

Blood mobile arrives University of uyo teaching hospital Pictures shows the medical team at university and the uyo rotary club exco officially receiving the bloodmobile and the bloodmobile parked at the University teaching hospital premise.
Hopefull the maintain they bloodmobile for its intended purpose.

Wow this is great, thanks to the American citizens

Wow, i welcome this new development.

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