Following a request from Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (MBTS) to enhance blood collection for Lower Shire health services, Illovo Sugar Malawi Plc, has donated a state-of-the-art blood bank with a capacity of 1,000 pints.
The official presentation was made on Wednesday at St. Montfort Hospital at Nchalo in Chikwawa but the blood bank will be centrally stationed at Ngabu Ngabu Rural Hospital to cater for both districts of the Lower Shire, Chikwawa and Nsanje.
The blood bank is expected to increase access to blood units to two district hospitals of Nsanje and Chikwawa; St. Montfort, Trinity, Ngabu Rural and Kalemba Mission hospitals
During the presentation ceremony, Illovo Sugar Malawi Managing director Lekani Katandula said society is living at a time where the spirit of Umunthu is the only way we can overcome challenges being faced in this life.