
Willow Health Media
June 19, 2025 at 07:51 AM
🩸 Kenya is short 200,000 units of blood every year.
That means 7 out of 10 transfusions rely on desperate relatives—not safe, screened donors.
Mothers in labour. Children with sickle cell. Crash victims.
They bleed out while hospitals wait.
Some families are asked to pay.
Others are told to find their own donors.
The result?
Postponed surgeries. Needless deaths. Quiet grief.
https://willowhealthmedia.org/bleeding-out-why-kenyas-national-blood-supply-is-running-on-empty/