WBDD 2026: LUTH pushes for voluntary blood donation

Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, has renewed calls for increased voluntary blood donation as it seeks to strengthen Nigeria’s blood supply system and improve transfusion safety.
Speaking during activities marking World Blood Donor Day 2026 in Lagos, Chief Medical Director, Prof. Wasiu Adeyemo, said the hospital requires between 20,000 and 25,000 units of blood annually to meet the needs of trauma victims, cancer patients, mothers with obstetric emergencies and other critically ill patients.
Adeyemo noted that blood supply remains largely unpredictable due to heavy dependence on family replacement donors and emergency appeals, stressing the need for a gradu...