Lagos Hospital Blood Bank Shuts Down As Shocking Revelations Emerge

A Lagos hospital blood bank has been shut down over unsavory revelations that have been made about it.

The Lagos State House of Assembly, through its Committee on Health Services, on Tuesday ordered the closure of the blood bank section of Gbagada General Hospital.
The committee, which was accompanied by the Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency HEFEMAA, took this action after discovering some shocking and unethical procedures during an inspection exercise of the hospital.
Chairman of the Committee, Segun Olulade, who lamented the unhealthy situation at the blood bank unit, authorised the immediate sealing off of the unit.
The HEFEMAA team leader and Executive Secretary, Dr. Mabel Adjekughele observed that the blood bank was in a shockingly bad state, with screened and unscreened blood not separated and advised that the bank be sealed.
The committee also visited the Cardiac and Renal Centre also located in Gbagada General Hospital, where the Director of the Centre, Prof. Babatunde Olabode Green told the committee that some of the acquired world-class medical equipment are not functioning, either due to improper installations or poor quality of installation materials.
Prof. Green also blamed power supply for the failure to run the facility to its full capacity.